Federation of Upper Silesians
The Federation of Upper Silesians (Związek Górnoślązaków) was an Upper Silesian autonomy movement founded in January 1919 , which advocated an autonomous Upper Silesian state with both German and Polish, but above all Silesian identity. The leaders were Thomas Reginek in 1919, Ewald Latacz from late 1919 to December 1921 and Joseph Musiol from December 1921 to 1924. This organization was the most influential of its kind. In February 1921 it consisted of 198 local groups and had its own Newspaper that appeared in 1922 with a print run of 40,000 copies.
literature
- Günther Doose: The separatist movement in Upper Silesia after the First World War. (1918–1922) (= Studies of the Research Center for East Central Europe at the University of Dortmund. Vol. 2). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1987, ISBN 3-447-02751-1 .
- Guido Wärme : Carl Ulitzka (1873–1953) or Upper Silesia between the World Wars. = Carl Ulitzka (1873–1953) albo Górny Śląsk pomiędzy dwoma Wojnami Światowymi (= research and sources on contemporary history. Vol. 40). Droste, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-7700-1888-5 .
- Andrea Schmidt-Rösler: Autonomy and separatism efforts in Upper Silesia 1918–1922. In: Journal for East Central Europe Research. Vol. 48, Issue 1, 1999, ISSN 0948-8294 , pp. 1-49.
See also: Movement for the Autonomy of Silesia