CONFERENCE „OF Silesia 1919-1921″

On 5th Nov there was a conference titled  Silesian Uprisings 1919-1921 organized as a part of Świętochłowickie University Meetings and dedicated to the opening of the Silesian Uprisings Museum.

The conference was organized by Silesian University rector Prof. Wiesław Banyś and Mayor Dawid Kostempski, under the media auspices of Gazeta Wyborcza. The materials from the conference will be published in Rocznik Świętochłowicki 2014, that will come out in 2015.

The introduction lecture Tadeusz Puszczyński and his memories about destructing activities during the 3rd Silesian Uprising was given by Prof. Ph.D. Edward Dugajczyk.

The speeches were given also by:

  • Ph.D. Ryszard Kaczmarek German Soldiers in Uprising Operations
  • D. Lech Krzyżanowski The Memory of Silesian Uprisings in the Inter and After-war Period in Poland
  • D. Miłosz Skrzypek The Position of Western Powers in the Face of the Polish-German Conflict in The Upper Silesia after the First World War
  • D. Maciej Fic The picture of Silesian Uprisings and the Plebiscite in the history education and in the Social Awareness
  • Józef Krzyk Polish and German Propaganda in the Prints and Posters from the Period of Silesian Uprisings and the Plebiscite – the Paper War. Silesian Uprisings 1919-1921