Gustaw Leyding


Gustaw Leyding (born March 3, 1865, died September 19, 1948) is a Polish folk activist in Masuria.

He lived in Labuszewo. He was a co-founder of the Mazurian People's Party until 1907 in the party's governing body. In 1910 (together with BogumiƂ Labusz) founded the People's Bank with its seat in Szczytno. He was the co-founder of the first Polish Agricultural Club in Labuszwo. He actively participated in activities aimed at joining Mazur to Poland (1918-1920). In 1920 he was a member of the Polish-German Plebiscite Commission. Since 1923 he cooperated with the Mazury Union (the founding meeting was held at the house of Bogumil Labusz junior in Labuszewo). From the list of that party in 1924 he ran for the Reichs parliament and the Prussian Parliament. He was arrested by the Nazi authorities in September 1939 and sent to a concentration camp and later to a prison in Konigsberg. From 1940 he was under police supervision at home.

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