Orbis Linguarum
ISSN: 1426-7241 • e-ISSN: 2657-4845 • DOI: 10.23817/olin • Rejection rate: 25% (2021)

Zwischen Deutschtum und Polentum. Einige Erinnerungsorte in Oberschlesien? / Between Germanness and Polishness. A few places of remembrance in Upper Silesia?

Michał Skop, University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Literary Studies (ORCID: 0000–0001–9151–2279)

DOI: 10.23817/olin.58-9 (published online: 2025-02-15)

pp. 129–143

The first half of the 20th century, constitutes an interesting and eventful period in the history of Upper Silesia, where places of remembrance, institutions and locations are directly linked to historical events and personalities. Examples include the arrival of the Inter-Allied Administrative and Plebiscite Commission in Upper Silesia (with its chairman, General Henri Louis Édouard Le Rond, together with his deputies, the representative of England – Colonel Sir Harold Franz Passawer Percival, and the representative of Italy – General Alberto De Marinis Stendardo di Ricigliano), Silesian uprisings and the plebiscite, Wojciech Korfanty, the battle for Saint Anne’s Mountain and finally the attack on the radio station and radio tower in Gleiwitz.

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