Wojciech Korfanty
Wojciech Korfanty | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Poland | |
In office 27 October 1923 – 14 December 1923 | |
Prime Minister | Wincenty Witos |
Preceded by | Stanisław Głąbiński |
Succeeded by | Stanisław Thugutt |
Personal details | |
Born | Adalbert Korfanty 20 April 1873 Siemianowitz-Laurahütte, German Empire (now Poland) |
Died | 17 August 1939 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 66)
Political party | Polish Christian Democratic Party Labor Party |
Spouse | Elżbieta Korfantowa |
Occupation | Politician, activist |
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Wojciech Korfanty (IPA:
Early life
He was born the son of a coal miner in Sadzawka,
In 1901, Korfanty became editor-in-chief of the Polish language paper Górnoslązak (The Upper Silesian), in which he appealed to the national consciousness of the region's Polish-speaking population.[3]
In 1903, Korfanty was elected to the German
Polish restoration
During
After the war, during the
Polish politics
Korfanty was a member of the national Sejm from 1922 to 1930 and in the
He briefly acted as vice-premier in the government of
Exile
In 1935, he was forced to leave Poland
Legacy
After 1945, when the Polish
Today, many
References
- ^ Rechowicz, Henryk (1971). Sejm Śląski, 1922-1939 (in Polish). Śląsk. p. 340.
- ^ Plaque (in Polish). Wrocław: Fundacja Odbudowy Democracji im. Ignacego Paderewskiego. 2003 – via WikiMedia Commons.
- ISBN 0-691-04854-1.
- ISBN 0-8032-4429-0.
- ^ Markert, Werner (1959). Polen. In Zusammenarbeit mit zahlreichen Fachgelehrten (in German). Böhlau Verlag. p. 730.
- ISBN 1-85065-552-9.
- ^ Orzechowski, Marian (1975). Wojciech Korfanty: biografia polityczna (in Polish). Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich. p. 39.
- ISBN 0-415-16422-2.
sejm +korfanty +christian.
- ISBN 3-16-845053-7.
- ISBN 0-8131-1729-1.
1918 +korfanty +reichstag.
- ^ ISBN 3-8258-4472-2.
- ISBN 0-7100-8647-4.
- ^ Popiołek, Kazimierz; Zieliński, Henryk (1963). Zródla do dziejów powstań śląskich. Zakład Narodowy im. Ossoliń skich. p. 330.
- ^ T. Hunt Tooley, "National identity and Weimar Germany: Upper Silesia and the eastern border, 1918-1922", U of Nebraska Press, 1997, p. 227, [1] "But the most vicious attacks were reserved for Korfanty, who was caricatured, smeared and lampooned in every issue. The Polish leader always appeared with money and drink in hand. He appeared cavorting with prostitutes, paying the assassins of Kupka, arriving in hell"
- ISBN 3-8260-2035-9.
- ISBN 0-7146-5650-X.
- ISBN 3-8258-4472-2.
- ISBN 0-7146-5650-X.
Literature
- Sigmund Karski: Albert (Wojciech) Korfanty. Eine Biographie. Dülmen 1990. ISBN 3-87466-118-0
- Marian Orzechowski: Wojciech Korfanty. Breslau 1975.