Antoni Górszczyk

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Antoni Górszczyk (born 13 January 1892 in Pisarzowa near Limanowa, died March 10, 1980 in Cracow), Polish ethnographer, amateur historian, teacher.

Since 1912 he was a member of the Polish Rifle Squadron, serving in the 3rd Regiment of the Legion in August 1914. He came to the rank of sergeant, collecting high military decorations with the Cross of the Order of the Virtuti Militari and the Cross of the Martyrs (twice) (after the war also received the Cross of Independence). On June 1, 1915, under the Luzhin (Bukowina), he was captured by the Russians, interned in Stavropol in the Caucasus, and served there in the aid committee of the war. In the interwar years, Górszczyk was head of the school in Pisarzowa, and since 1925 he was a member of the County Council in Limanowa. He initiated the activities of four folk universities - in Pisarzowa, Limanowa, Łososina Górna and Młynne. In Pisarzowa he also established the Youth People's Circle. He re-established the uniform in 1939, mobilized in the wake of the outbreak of war. After the defeat of September, he was in German captivity for some time. In 1941 he left prison in Przemysl and hid in his hometown. Although he was seeking the Gestapo, he took part in secret teaching.

The first post-war years he worked again as the head of the school in Pisarzowa, from where he was expelled in 1952 on the wave of Stalinist repression. In 1956 he was rehabilitated and returned to work in education. He retired in 1969 as a teacher in Męcinie.

Since the mid 20s of the 20th century, interest in Ethnography has been growing. He began gathering materials in the Writers' Circle and surrounding villages, and from 1930 he published articles in the regional press. A number of articles appeared in the series "Ethnographic Archives of the Polish Folk Association" in the collections of ethnographic materials from the Limanowski district: Painted letterboxes (Book 1, Wroclaw 1967), Writer's books, Hunger and epidemics in Limanowska (book 2, Wrocław 1971), Writers at the end XIX and at the beginning of the 20th century (Wroclaw 1986). Unpublished works and other materials remained in the collections of the State Archives in Nowy Sacz (work manuscript Comparison of the village of Królewska and the nobility - the history of the village of Pisarzowy i Męciny), the State Ethnographic Museum in Warsaw, the Limanowa Land Museum in Limanowa. Antoni Górszczyk was a long-time member of the Polish Ethnological Society (an active member of the Mszana Dolna and Limanowa Branches), since 1968 a member of the Society's honor.

From marriage with Maria from Górków he had three children, of which Zofia's daughter, a teacher, took over the ethnographic interests of his father. Górszczyk died on March 10, 1980 in Cracow and was buried in Pisarzowa. Bibliography

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