Shades of a Nation : The Dynamics of Belonging among the Silesian and Jewish Populations in Eastern Upper Silesia (1922-1934).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Novikov, Anna.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Duncker & Humblot, 2025.

Summary:

Das Buch untersucht die Nationalisierung einer lokalen Bevölkerung an einer mitteleuropäischen Grenze in der Zwischenkriegszeit unter Einbeziehung eines weiten, vergleichenden Kontextes und vor dem Hintergrund der internationalen politischen und diplomatischen Beziehungen.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Innovation, Methodology and Literature Survey

Chronological Framework

The Silesian Test Case

Nationalization through Education

The Jewish Test Case

Internal Chronology and Description of Chapters

Historical Background of Upper Silesia

I. Creation of the Polish and the German Minority Education Systems in the Silesian Voivodeship

1. 1922-1924: The Laws from the Authorities and the Reaction of the Population

2. 1924-1926: Education Materials in Both Types of Schools

School Libraries, Teachers, Educational Films, Religion in the Schools: The Fight against the Reduction of Polish Language Lessons in Minority Schools

Religion

History

Education Outside of School: Scientific Films and Holidays

Scientific Films

Holidays and Ceremonies

Polish Language and Literature

3. 1926-1928: A 'Good Pole' and the 'Maurer's Children': Debates about the Definition of a 'Minority' (Self-Definitionversus Language Definition): German Language Exams for Silesian Children in German Minority Schools: Children Born out of Wedlock

4. 1928-1933: Educational Materials in Both Types of Schools

Teachers, Educational Films, Religion in the Schools: Dynamics of Polonization in Both Types of Schools: Polonization or Germanizaton in the German Minority Schools

Religion 1928-1934

National Holidays

Educational Films 1928-1933

History and the Education of the Citizen

Polish Language Studies

II. German Jews in Katowice: The Policy of the Lodges Concordia and Michael Sachs towards the Polish State, the Ostjuden, and International Politics

1. June 1922-May 1926: The Pro-German and Anti-Polish Ideology of Concordia: The Policy of the B'nai B'rith Order versus Political Changes.

2. May 1926: Piłsudski,s Coup d,État: A Different Vision of the Near Future: Leon Ader versus the Lodges Concordia and Michael Sachs

3. May 1926-November 1927: Polish-American Negotiations and in the Internal Politics of Poland as Turning Points in the Policy of Concordia and Michael Sachs

4. 1928-1933: Polonization of the German Speakers: Dynamics of Relationships between the German-speaking Jews and the Ostjuden Community of Katowice

5. 1933-1934: Polish Language: by Love or by Fear? Changes in Concordia during the Anti-German State Policy and after the Polish-German Pact

Conclusion

1934: The German-Polish Pact and Beyond

Nationalization: 'Macro' and 'Micro' Levels

'Maurer's Children' and the Out-of-wedlock Children

May 1926 and Aftermath

Bibliography

Archives

Periodicals

Printed Sources

Index of Persons and Organizations

Geographical Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

3-88640-428-5