Silesia (/ s aɪ ˈ l iː ʒ ə, s aɪ ˈ l iː ʃ i ə /, also UK: /-iː z i ə /, US: /-iː ʒ i ə,-iː ʃ ə, s ɪ ˈ-/) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at around 8,000,000. Silesia is split into two main ...

Silesian Germans, some of whom had roots in Silesia going back centuries, and who before World War II amounted to about 4 million, were collectively labelled “German partisans” and either fled or were murdered, put in camps, sent to the Gulags or expelled. Often, the men would be rounded up from the villages and camps and marched a short ...

German Silesia was once bounded by the old kingdoms and countries of Brandenburg, Posen, Russian Poland, Galicia, Austrian Silesia, Moravia, Bohemia and Saxony. Full of rivers, streams, hills and low mountains, Silesia was also comprised of fertile pastures and meadows and forests abundant with deer and game, tremendous fisheries and mineral wealth.

German Silesia - A Land that Ceased to Exist. Silesia was a magical place, beautiful beyond words. It was filled with gentle rolling hills, large fields, and wild forested lands. With tiny groups of houses clinging to the hillsides, some of the views were breath-taking. Historically, the province was part of Prussia until Prussia united under ...

Silesia, Polish Śląsk, Czech Slezsko, German Schlesien, historical region that is now in southwestern Poland.Silesia was originally a Polish province, which became a possession of the Bohemian crown in 1335, passed with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526, and was taken by Prussia in 1742. In 1945, at the end of World War II, Silesia was one of the regions of …

23/02/2012 · German Silesia - from revolution to degermanisation, by Leslie Wilson. After the First World War, Poland, which had previously been split up between Germany, Austria and Russia, was now reinstated as a nation. At the same time, the future of Upper Silesia was in question. Naturally, both Germany Poland wanted this important mining and ...

12/01/2015 · The Silesians are neither clean cut poles or Germans, and are a pretty even mix of Germanic and Slavic. Throughout history Silesia was a very complicated region for Poland and Germany. Many Silesians identified with Germany ,while others identified with poland and their Slavic heritage. iggga. 11 Jan 2015 #28.

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