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In the Upper Silesia plebiscite of March 1921, a majority of 59.4% voted against merging with Poland and a minority of 40.6% voted for, with clear lines dividing Polish and German communities. The plan to divide the region was suggested by the Inter-Allied Commission on Upper Silesia, headed by the French general Henri Le Rond. The plan was ...
Jan 21, 2005 · 21-01-2005. At the end of World War I the Polish and German communities in Upper Silesia – a region lying between the two countries – began fighting over their future status. This led to the ICRC’s involvement as a neutral intermediary, despite the absence of a legal framework. A Commission established by the Allied powers tried to ...
Google Scholar My own “Fighting without Arms: The Defense of German Interests in Schleswig, East and West Prussia, and Upper Silesia, 1918–1921” (unpub. diss., University of Virginia, 1986)Google Scholar deals exclusively with the German plebiscites.
From 1919 to 1921 three Silesian Uprisings occurred among the Polish-speaking populace of Upper Silesia; the Battle of Annaberg was fought in the region in 1921. In the Upper Silesia plebiscite of March 1921, 59,4% voted against merging with Poland and 40,6% voted for, [8] [9] with clear lines dividing Polish and German communities.
Nov 1, 2022 · The Silesian Uprisings is a common name for a set of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia. At the time it was part of the Weimar Republic. Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area connected to Polish Republic, fought German police and paramilitary forces which sought to keep the area as part of Germany.
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 ...
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.
