Loading images... Karol ?liwka  (Polish pronunciation:  [?kar?l ??lifka] ; 13 March 1894 in  Byst?ice  - 19 March 1943 in  Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp ) was a  Polish   communist  politician from  Zaolzie  region in the  First Czechoslovak Republic . ?liwka was one of the most prominent political leaders of the Polish minority