People involved in the uprisings

Biographies of leaders, commanders and people involved in the plebiscite and partition of Upper Silesia.

Portrait published in Światowid, issue 35 of 1939. Photographer and exact exposure date unknown.

Wojciech Korfanty

Politician, plebiscite commissioner, uprising leader

Portrait not yet available

Alfons Zgrzebniok

Commander of the First and Second Uprisings

Portrait of Henri Le Rond. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France / Agence Rol, 1924. Photographer: Agence Rol.

Henri Le Rond

French general, chair of the Allied commission

Portrait not yet available

Kurt Urbanek

German plebiscite commissioner

Portrait of Karl Hoefer. Source: Die Woche, 1916, 1916. Photographer: Conrad H. Schiffer, Wiesbaden.

Karl Hoefer

Commander of the German Selbstschutz

Portrait not yet available

Andrzej Mielęcki

Doctor, Polish plebiscite activist

Portrait published in Nowości Illustrowane 10/1912. Photographer unknown.

Maciej Mielżyński

Initial military commander of the Third Uprising

Portrait not yet available

Tadeusz Puszczyński

Organiser of Operation Bridges

Portrait published in Nowości Illustrowane 14/1905. Photographer unknown.

Stanisław Szeptycki

General commanding troops entering in 1922