Józef Tusk
Polish luthier (1907–1987), grandfather of Donald Tusk
Józef Tusk (23 March 1907 – 12 June 1987) was a Polish luthier, the grandfather of the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. During World War II, Tusk was arrested by the Germans and conscripted as a forced laborer before he was pressed into the Wehrmacht, the latter of which proved to be controversial during his grandson's 2005 Polish presidential election.
Biography
A member of the Lechitic (West Slavic) Polish–Kashubian minority, Józef Tusk was born in Emaus – a suburb of Danzig, German Empire to a working class Catholic family of Józef Tusk and Augustyna Tusk (née Adamczyk). He became a citizen of the Free City of Danzig after World War I and worked for Polish State Railways in the Free City. He became a member of the Polish Secret Military Organization (Tajna Organizacja Wojskowa, TOW), which prepared behind-the-lines operatives in case of the war. On 1 September 1938 Tusk was placed in the position of the telegraphist in the Danzig (Gdańsk) railway station. It is likely, but not confirmed, that he had been working with the Polish intelligence services. On 1 September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, the Free City of Danzig was incorporated into the German Reich and the citizens of the Free City became German nationals. Tusk was assaulted in his house in the morning, and later witnessed German arrests of Poles at a railway station, and the Defence of the Polish Post in Danzig.
Józef Tusk reported the assault to Danzig police, and was subsequently arrested as a Polish activist, described as a "Polish fanatic, dangerous to the security of the German State"; his family on the same day was evicted from their house.
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