Poland remembers revolt against Germans 101 years on  

Officials on Monday attended commemorations in the south of Poland to pay tribute to insurgents who revolted against their region’s German rulers more than a century ago.

Residents in what is now Poland’s southern Upper Silesia region fought a series of three armed insurgencies from 1919 to 1921 to break away from Germany and join newly independent Poland.

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Monday marked exactly 101 years since the last of the armed uprisings against the Germans started in what is now Poland’s southern Upper Silesia region.

Ethnic Poles in the area fought a series of three armed insurgencies from 1919 to 1921 to break away from Germany and join newly independent Poland.

W nocy z 2 na 3 maja 1921 r., po niekorzystnym dla Polski wyniku plebiscytu na Górnym Śląsku, wybuchło III Powstanie Śląskie. Po walkach Rada Ambasadorów zdecydowała o korzystniejszym podziale Śląska.

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Poland regained independence on November 11, 1918, the day World War I ended, after 123 years of partition by Russia, Austria and Prussia.

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Source: PAP