Wojciech Korfanty headed the Polish Plebiscite Commissariat at the Lomnitz Hotel in Bytom. Kurt Urbanek led the German commissariat in Katowice. The campaign involved newspapers, meetings and organisational work; competition extended beyond electoral argument.
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- II Powstanie ŚląskieParagraph on commissariats and spring campaign
In the first days the insurgents seized substantial industrial areas. Allied interventions forced them out of some larger towns, including Bytom and Katowice, which were occupied by Allied garrisons.
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- Plebiscyt i III Powstanie Śląskie 1921 rokuI etap walk: urban occupations and Allied interventions
Location: 50.34802, 18.93282. GeoNames 3101950. The base map shows present-day roads and borders. Markers identify places connected with events of 1919–1922.
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- II Powstanie Śląskie
Mirosław Węcki · Instytut Pamięci Narodowej · 2025-08-19
- Plebiscyt i III Powstanie Śląskie 1921 roku
Mirosław Węcki · IPN / Przystanek Historia · 2021-05-03
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