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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. [1]
Upper Silesia was disputed by Poland and Germany for a number of reasons including: As a result of the Paris Peace Settlement, the boundaries of many countries were redrawn. Upper Silesia was on the border of Germany and Poland and both nationalities lived there, which caused conflict.
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… Read More
Nov 1, 2022 · The plebiscite, set for 20 March 1921, was to finally resolve the conflict over where Upper Silesia belonged. Both sides looked forward to it hoping for victory.
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND THE UPPER SILESIAN BOUNDARY DISPUTE, 1921-1922 For the League of Nations the first significant test which involved the major Allied powers concerned Upper Silesia. The Allies had failed to define a boundary for the region based on the plebiscite results of March 20, 1921.
The Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie; German: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time.
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In 1921, a convention in Geneva to regulate the conditions in Upper Silesia took place under the chairmanship of Felix Calonder, a member of the Swiss Federal Council. The conference had the aims of alleviating the economic consequences of the partition of the highly-industrialised region and guaranteeing minority rights in both Polish and ...