Theofil Kupka
Theofil Kupka (born August 22, 1885 in Marklowitz near Loslau , † November 20, 1920 in Beuthen ) was a Silesian politician.
Life
Originally from Upper Silesia, Kupka was initially a member of the Polish plebiscite commission. He had no training, but was hoping for a career, such as B. Józef Rymer , who was also not an academic. Since leaders such as Wojciech Korfanty , Konstanty Wolny , Rymer or Brunon Kudera were rare, he got a chance. He was dismissed because of disputes that were caused by Kupka's lower pay than other commissioners with higher education.
Disappointed, he went to the German plebiscite commissioner Kurt Urbanek , who gave him money for the bilingual magazine Wola Ludu - Der Wille des Volkes . In the end, Kupka also used the magazine to settle accounts with former comrades whom he felt badly treated by and whom he referred to as “ Polish nobles , Poznan doctors and Galician Jews ”.
Later on, Kupka became head of the Upper Silesian autonomy movement, Bund der Oberschlesier , which was supported by the Germans and which sought an autonomous Upper Silesian state with both German and Polish, but above all Silesian, identity. This idea did not find enough support in Germany or Poland.
On November 20, 1920, Kupka was murdered by a Polish gang of thugs. The locksmith Henryk Myrcik was arrested as a murder suspect, but released from custody a few days later. There was neither a trial, nor could the murder ever be solved, and the investigations were partially hindered. In his Korfanty biography Sigmund Karski (Zygmunt Karski) named Wojciech Korfanty as the commissioner of the murder, but without being able to provide conclusive evidence.
literature
- Władysław Zieliński, Ludzie i sprawy hotelu “Lomnitz” , Katowice 1985
- Sigmund Karski, Albert (Wojciech) Korfanty. A biography , Dülmen 1990, ISBN 3-87466-118-0
- Guido Wärme , Carl Ulitzka (1873–1953) or Upper Silesia between the World Wars , Düsseldorf 2002.
- Andrea Schmidt-Rösler, Autonomy and separatism aspirations in Upper Silesia 1918–1922 , “Journal for East Central Europe” Research 1, 1999.
- Günther Doose, The Separatist Movement in Upper Silesia after the First World War (1918–1922) , Wiesbaden 1987.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kupka, Theofil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Silesian politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marklowitz near Loslau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1920 |
| Place of death | Bytom |