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Silesian independence. Silesian independence ( Silesian: Samostanowjyńo Ślůnska; Polish: Niepodległość Śląska) is the political movement for Upper Silesia and Cieszyn Silesia to become a sovereign state . Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, the Duchy of Bohemia, the Piast Kingdom of Poland, again of ...
Jan 14, 2021 · On March 20, 1921, nearly 1.2 million Upper Silesians went to the polls, participating in a plebiscite to determine if they would belong to Germany or Poland. A part of German Prussia
In the plebiscite held in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, an overall majority voted to remain with Germany. Therefore, Germany claimed that the whole area should remain German. However, in making that claim, it was disregarding the treaty provisions for partitioning the area according to the wishes of the inhabitants of each commune there.
May 1, 2020 · The Jewish community, faced with persecution, persevered through the division of Upper Silesia between Poland and Germany following the mixed results of the 1921 plebiscite, with Oppeln remaining under German rule. However, the resolution of the Polish-German border conflict did not bring peace to the region’s Jews.
Border Plebiscite in Upper Silesia, 1919-1921 T. HUNT TOOLEY THE FIXING of the disputed Polish-German border in Upper Silesia by referendum in 1921 has generally stood in a second rank behind other dramatic and difficult episodes of peacemaking and stabilization. Set in calmer times, the phenomenon
The medal was created on the 22 September 1921, by the inter-allied Government Commission of Upper Silesia to commemorate service during this time, either in the allied military forces or with the government staff.
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on 20 March 1921 to determine ownership of the province of Upper Silesia between Weimar Germany and Poland. The region was ethnically mixed with both Germans and Poles; according to prewar statistics, ethnic Poles formed 60 percent of the population. Under the previous rule by the German Empire ...
