Arkadiusz Bożek

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Bożek (1940/44)

Arkadiusz "Arka" Bożek (born January 12, 1899 in Markowitz near Ratibor ; † November 28, 1954 in Katowice ) was a Polish minority politician in Silesia . Bożek was a member of the Provincial Parliament of the Province of Upper Silesia . During World War II he emigrated to Great Britain . After the war Bożek was Vice Voivode in the Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship , People's Republic of Poland .

Arka Bożek monument

There is a monument in his honor in Racibórz.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ryszard Hajduk: Problem Polaków byłych żołnierzy armii niemieckiej na posiedzeniach Komisji Wojskowej Rady Narodowej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej w Londynie . Studia Śląskie 40 (1982), p. 364.
  2. ↑ Hans-Jürgen Karp (ed.), Joachim Köhler (ed.): Catholic Church under National Socialist and Communist Dictatorship - Germany and Poland 1939–1989 (= research and sources on the church and cultural history of East Germany , vol. 32). Böhlau, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-412-11800-1 , p. 132. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  3. ↑ Historical Commission for Silesia (Ed.), Joachim Bahlcke : Schlesische Lebensbilder. 9 , J. Thorbecke, 2007, p. 409 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
  4. ^ Philipp Ther : German and Polish Displaced Persons: Society and Displaced Persons Policy in the Soviet Zone / GDR and in Poland 1945–1956 (= Critical Studies on Historical Studies . Vol. 127). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-525-35790-7 (dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin, 1997), p. 302. ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
personal data
SURNAME Bożek, Arkadiusz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bożek, Arka
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish minority politician in Silesia
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Markowitz near Ratibor
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1954
Place of death Katowice