Wojciech Korfanty – Co-founder of Polish Independence Cover Image

Wojciech Korfanty – współtwórca polskiej niepodległości
Wojciech Korfanty – Co-founder of Polish Independence

Author(s): Beata Urbanowicz
Subject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: Silesia; Wojciech Korfanty; independence; Silesian Uprising;

Summary/Abstract: Wojciech Korfanty was a modern politician, leader and ideologist of national-democratic movement. He was also a commissioner, dictator of the Third Silesian Uprising, deputy of parliament, publicist, senator, deputy prime minister, prisoner in Brzesk and a political emigrant. He was a charismatic leader and moral authority. Nowadays, he is one of the Forgotten Fathers of Polish Independence.

  • Issue Year: 75/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 97-111
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish