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The 1919 insurrection in upper Silesia

Civil Wars, 2001
The future of the industrial district of Upper Silesia was one of the most divisive issues that hastened the demise of the Anglo‐French Entente after the First World War. Once Britain had been persuaded to support a plebiscite in the territory, Germany exploited Allied differences over Upper Silesia to postpone reparations and discredit the reborn ...
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Upper Silesia and the politics of accommodation

Regional & Federal Studies, 1995
(1995). Upper Silesia and the politics of accommodation. Regional & Federal Studies: Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 307-325.
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The Question of Upper Silesia

1964
It is important to distinguish clearly between an official Upper Silesia, that is, the entire district of Oppeln, and a more narrowly defined Upper-Silesia comprising only the southeastern part of this district most of it being on the right bank of the Oder from Rosenberg to Ratibor, the great industrial region included. After the Hussite Wars (1420-31)
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The Germans in Polish Upper Silesia

1931
The ultimate version of the Versailles treaty, article 88, provided for a plebiscite concerning the division of Upper Silesia. By organizing insurrections in Posen the Poles had succeeded in establishing a fait accompli so that all of that former Prussian province was awarded to Poland.
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The Struggle for Upper Silesia, 1919-1922

The Journal of Modern History, 1970
At the junction of Central Europe's three old empires lay one of the richest mineral and industrial areas of the continent. A territory of some 4,000 square miles, Upper Silesia was ruled by Austria and Prussia throughout modern history. The northern sections and the area west of the Oder River were exclusively agricultural, and inhabited largely by ...
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The Dorschke's of Upper Silesia

'The Dorschke’s of Upper Silesia: A Genealogy of the Dorschke’s, Drozdzok’s, Mandrisch’s, Buron’s, Niestroy’s, Niewrzoll’s, Kordula’s, Kokott’s, Swienty’s, Zyla’s, Gabrys’, etc. tracing to the 3rd-11th Gr. Grandparents, with some families tracing to the late 1600’s.' Published in Durango, Mexico. 
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Three Insurrections: Upper Silesia 1919–21

1998
For the people of Poland, the Armistice of 11 November 1918 marked the demise of the three great European empires which had repeatedly partitioned their country, finally causing it to vanish from the map of Europe in 1795. As the war ended in Western Europe, Poles in the ex-Austrian and ex-Russian Polish territories were declaring an independent state ...
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Upper Silesia Under the League of Nations

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1946
THE Geneva Convention, drafted in 1922 by German and Polish delegations under the chairmanship of a Swiss statesman (President Calonder) and with the help of the League of Nations Secretariat, followed the recommendations which the Council of the League considered inseparable from its decision to divide the industrial territory of Upper Silesia between
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FDI in Upper Silesia - Experience and Lessons

2017
In many post-communist countries Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is often perceived as a dynamic factor in the process of economic development FDI is not only a form of financial transfer but also transmits knowledge, know-how and raises business standards. In Poland, Silesia along with Mazowieckie and Wielkopolskie lead in attracting foreign investors.
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In re P. (Upper Silesia).

Annual Digest of Public International Law Cases, 1933
Territories under Plebiscite — Status of — Position of Officials — The Inter-Allied Plebiscite Commission in Upper Silesia.
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