Karol Schayer

Karol Schayer (25 December 1900 in Lwów – 15 March 1971 in Rockford, Illinois) was a Polish architect and soldier.

In 1934, at the behest of the voivode, Michał Grażyński, he organized an office whose aim was to develop a project and then implement the building of the Silesian Museum in Katowice.

His greatest work built before the war was the building of the Silesian Museum in Katowice, which was demolished by the Germans in 1941-1944 as a manifestation of "degenerate art".

The years of World War II In 1939, being a member of the civilian defense of the Polish eastern area of Upper Silesia, he led the activities of volunteers from independence organizations during security works.

Forced to flee abroad from the Germans, he reached Romania, then Istanbul, and in December 1940 Palestine, where he worked with Polish military units.

In Lebanon during World War II he collaborated with Fritz Gothelf, a German architect educated in the spirit of the Bauhaus, and Bahij Makdissi, a Lebanese structural engineer.