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The political potential of Upper Silesian ethnoregionalist movement : a study in ethnic identity and political behaviours of Upper Silesians
The book analyses the emergence of the Upper Silesian ethnoregionalist movement, the politicisation of Silesian ethnicity and the political behaviours of Upper Silesians. It also elaborates on the Upper Silesian region, its history of autonomy and culturally diversified society.
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Recovered Territory
Upper Silesia, one of Central Europe's most important industrial borderlands, was at the center of heated conflict between Germany and Poland and experienced annexations and border re-drawings in 1922, 1939, and 1945. This transnational history examines these episodes of territorial re-nationalization and their cumulative impacts on the region and nations involved, as well as their use by the Nazi and postwar communist regimes to legitimate violent ethnic cleansing. In their interaction with—and mutual influence on—one another, political and cultural actors from both nations developed a transnational culture of territorial rivalry. Architecture, spaces of memory, films, museums, folklore, language policy, mass rallies, and archeological digs were some of the means they used to give the borderland a \"German\"/\"Polish\" face. Representative of the wider politics of twentieth-century Europe, the situation in Upper Silesia played a critical role in the making of history's most violent and uprooting eras, 1939–1950.
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MOJŻESZ MERIN – ZBAWCA, KOLABORANT CZY ZAGUBIONY CZŁOWIEK?
In January 1940, Moshe Merin became the Head of the Jewish Council of Elders of Eastern Upper Silesia. At this point, the community of Jews amounted to almost 100,000 members. Merin actively promoted his major concept of “survival by work.” He believed that only working for the Third Reich combined with obedience and subordination toward the aggressor can guarantee Jewish survival. This policy arose objections, especially among Jewish youth involved in the resistance movement. Until mid-1942 Merin was an influential figure. His wide contacts with the Nazis and relatively good living conditions of Jews in Eastern Upper Silesia dismissed alleged reasons for mutiny. Therefore, during the first two years of the war, the Jewish Council of Elders of Eastern Upper Silesia enjoyed a lot of success. The situation changed in 1943 when the Nazis created ghettos and started forced deportations to KL Auschwitz. The Jewish Council stopped functioning when Moshe Merin and his main associates were deported to the death camp.
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Das Auswärtige Amt und die Volksabstimmung in Oberschlesien 1921
Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg musste Deutschland die alleinige Schuld anerkennen und laut dem Friedensvertrag mussten einige Gebiete abgetrennt werden. In diesem Buch wird die Situation in Deutschland in den Jahren 1918-1921 beschrieben und am Beispiel von Oberschlesien gezeigt, welche Ziele, Wunsche und Plane das Auswartige Amt verfolgte und wie diese umgesetzt wurden. Das Thema ist immer noch sehr relevant, denn zum einen gibt es immer noch Probleme zwischen Deutschen und Polen in dieser Region, vor allem nachdem Oberschlesien nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg fast vollstandig an Polen abgegeben wurde; zum anderen kommt es auch im 21. Jahrhundert in solchen Streitgebieten zu Volksabstimmungen und am Beispiel von Oberschlesien kann gezeigt werden, wodurch die Meinung der Abstimmungsberechtigten beeinflusst werden kann.
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Brücke, Grenzstein, Smaragd… Metaphorische Darstellungen Schlesiens und seiner Bewohner
The article shows a metaphoric portrayal of the Silesia region. The author analyses metaphors which are being used to describe and characterize this region, namely Silesia as a bridge, a boundary stone, a pear tree, a smaragd and other figures. The analysis shows that the metaphors express the multicultural character of Silesia. They are predominantly very positive assessed.Furthermore, the author analyses metaphors which are being used to characterize the inhabitants of Silesia. The analysis shows that this metaphors express a positive as well as a critical perception of this population.
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Comparison of palaeomagnetic data from three Late Caledonian magmatic intrusions piercing the Upper Silesian and Małopolska tectonic blocks (S Poland), and its palaeotectonic significance
The dioritic part of the latest Silurian intrusion drilled in the Sosnowiec IG-1 borehole and the diabase from the newly drilled Chrząstowice PIG-1 borehole, both in the Upper Silesia Tectonic Block, were palaeomagnetically studied. The palaeoinclinations of the same polarity primary component “A” are similar in the studied intrusions. They correspond well with the latest Silurian/earliest Devonian palaeoinclination obtained from the Bardo diabase (Holy Cross Mts.), and with those calculated from the Apparent Polar Wander Path for palaeocontinent Baltica. All compared intrusions represent the late Caledonian magmatic event that can be linked with the back-arc extension in the marginal part of the Old Red Continent. The angle between declinations of the latest Silurian/earliest Devonian normal polarity component “A” and the latest Carboniferous/earliest Permian secondary reversed polarity component “B”, both isolated from the Chrząstowice diabase, indicate the lack of palaeomagnetically detectable clockwise tectonic rotations of the Upper Silesia Tectonic Block with respect to stable Europe at least after the Silurian. However, a slight (up to a dozen or so degrees) anti-clockwise rotation of local sense cannot be excluded after the earliest Permian. The distribution of magnetic fabric points to the sill form of both studied intrusions.
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The market square in Katowice – a place which no longer exists – an evolution of the spatial structure
This study attempts to explain why the space in the centre of Katowice is formally called “The Market Square” even though the square itself no longer exists. Some archival documents and existing studies are analysed. The evolution of the market square in Katowice is presented against the background of historical and economic transformations, putting an emphasis on depicting valuable and interesting architecture that was irretrievably lost and replaced with entirely new urban fabric. Moreover, the article aims to show that the region of Upper Silesia does not only constitute industrial plants but also, created by the mixture of cultures and nationalities, other types of architecture, that was irretrievably lost. It was found out that the market is not actually the main square.
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Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage Technology Development in a Region with High CO2 Emissions and Low Storage Potential—A Case Study of Upper Silesia in Poland
The region of Upper Silesia, located in southern Poland, is characterised by very high emissions of carbon dioxide into the air—the annual emission exceeds 33 Mt CO2 and the emission ‘per capita’ is 7.2 t/y in comparison to the EU average emission per capita 6.4 t/y and 8.4 t/y for Poland in 2019. Although in the region there are over 100 carbon dioxide emitters covered by the EU ETS, over 90% of emissions come from approximately 15 large hard coal power plants and from the coke and metallurgical complex. The CCUS scenario for Upper Silesia, which encompasses emitters, capture plants, transport routes, as well as utilisation and storage sites until 2050, was developed. The baseline scenario assumes capture of carbon dioxide in seven installations, use in two methanol plants and transport and injection into two deep saline aquifers (DSA). The share of captured CO2 from flue gas was assumed at the level of 0.25–0.9, depending mainly on the limited capacity of storage. To recognise the views of society on development of the CCUS technologies in Upper Silesia, thirteen interviews with different types of stakeholders (industry, research and education, policy makers) were conducted. The respondents evaluated CCU much better than CCS. The techno-economic assessment of CCUS carried out on a scenario basis showed that the economic outcome of the scenario with CCUS is EUR 3807.19 million more favourable compared to the scenario without CO2 capture and storage.
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