FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
The Silesian Uprisings (Polish: Powstania śląskie) was a series of three military insurections (1919-1921) of the Polish people in the Upper Silesia region against the German/Prussian forces in order to force them out the region and join it with Poland, that regained her independence after the World War I (1914-1918)
The Treaty of Versailles had ordered a plebiscite in Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory should be part of Germany or Poland. In the background, strongarm tactics and discrimination of Poles led to rioting and eventually to the first two Silesian Uprisings (1919 and 1920). In the plebiscite, around 59,6% (~500,000) votes were cast for joining Germany and this result led to the Third Silesian Uprising in 1921. League of Nations was asked to settle the matter. In 1922 a six-week investigation found that the land should be split. The decision was accepted by both countries, and the majority of Upper Silesians. Aprroximately 736,000 Poles and 260,000 Germans lived in Polish Silesia and 532,000 Poles and 637,000 Germans in German Silesia.
H.Zieliński, Rola powstania wielkopolskiego oraz powstań śląskich w walce o zjednoczenie ziem zachodnich z Polską (1918-1921), [w:] Droga przez Półwiecze.
In the period 1985 - 1999 the Silesian Museum prepared 358 expositions of various kind.
In the initial period after reinstitution of the Silesian Museum in rooms of the other cultural institutions (Bureau of Artistic Exhibitions, Youth Palace, Silesian Theatre, Gallery of the Silesian Library) and since 1988 in its own rooms in 3 Wojciecha Korfantego Ave.
There were also several historical exhibitions: Silesia 1928, Silesia 1919, Silesia 1920, Silesia 1921 and Silesia 1922- with You Poland, Jerzy Zietek, Monuments of the Silesianinsurrections, "Sokół" in Upper Silesia, Silesian choirs in the Polish national movement.
During this time most Silesian dukes, despite their ties with Poland, ruled small realms that were unable to unite with Poland and thus fell under the influence of neighboring Bohemia.
In 1335 Duke Henry VI of Breslau and the Upper Silesian dukes recognized the overlordship of King John I of Bohemia, while in 1348 King Casimir III of Poland was forced to accept Bohemian control of most of Silesia.
Silesian members of the Czech Brethren, under the leadership of Comenius, settled in Leszno.
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