Buzek was born in
Końska as a son of a peasant. He graduated from primary school there, and later from the German
gymnasium in
Cieszyn. He later decided to study medicine at
Jagiellonian University in
Kraków and graduated in 1901. In 1902 he became a municipal and miners' doctor in the
coal mining village of
Doubrava. He worked in
Orlová, where he helped to found the
Juliusz Słowacki Polish Grammar School. In
World War I he served in the
Austrian Army as a doctor. Buzek also lectured at various schools. From a young age he was active in
Polish cultural and educational organizations, eventually becoming chairman of many of them, including
Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego (The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association) in
Czechoslovakia. He was a co-founder of the
Polish People's Party, a Polish political party in Czechoslovakia of a Protestant and liberal character. In 1931 Buzek became a leader of this party. He was a member of the National Assembly of Czechoslovakia in
Prague from 1929 to 1935. As a deputy, Buzek defended the rights of the Polish minority, often cooperating with another Polish deputy, socialist
Emanuel Chobot. After the outbreak of
World War II, Buzek was arrested by
Nazi authorities on 12 April 1940 and on 28 April incarcerated by the Nazis in the
Dachau concentration camp. He was transferred on 5 June to
Mauthausen-Gusen camp, and on 15 August again to
Dachau concentration camp. Before arrest his weight was 118 kg, before his death 45–50 kg. He died in Dachau on 24 November 1940 from exhaustion. ==References==