Henryk Jasiczek was a Polish Czech journalist, poet, writer, and activist. He is considered one of the most important writers from the Trans-Olza region after World War II and one of the most popular local Polish poets.
Henryk Jasiczek
Grave of Henryk Jasiczek and his wife in Český Těšín. His own epitaph reads: If for someone a single poem of mine was just an autumn ray, I didn't live uselessly.
Polish minority in the Czech Republic
The Polish minority in the Czech Republic is a Polish national minority living mainly in the Trans-Olza region of western Cieszyn Silesia. The Polish community is the only national minority in the Czech Republic that is linked to a specific geographical area. Trans-Olza is located in the north-eastern part of the country. It comprises Karviná District and the eastern part of Frýdek-Místek District. Many Poles living in other regions of the Czech Republic have roots in Trans-Olza as well.
Goral men's choir from Jablunkov during the parade of the Jubileuszowy Festiwal PZKO 2007 in Karviná
Replica of wooden church in Guty, originally built in 1563, one of the architectural symbols of the Trans-Olza region
"For 600 years we have been waiting for you (1335–1938)." Ethnic Polish band welcoming the annexation of Trans-Olza by the Polish Republic in Karviná, October 1938
Hotel Piast in Český Těšín, one of the architectural symbols of the Polish minority
