Sources and bibliography

Documents, articles and studies used on this website. Links lead to the source material.

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Treaty of Versailles, Article 88 and Annex; editorial notes in FRUS

Allied and Associated Powers; US Department of State editors · Office of the Historian, US Department of State · 1919 (treaty); 1947 (FRUS volume)

The treaty establishes the plebiscite rules. Later editorial notes must be distinguished from the 1919 text.

FRUS, Paris Peace Conference, vol. XIII, pp. 212–219

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

„Przybyli po wypłatę górnicy”

Sebastian Rosenbaum · IPN / Przystanek Historia · 2021

Analysis of the strike and newspaper accounts; useful for testing single-cause narratives.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

II Powstanie Śląskie

Mirosław Węcki · Instytut Pamięci Narodowej · 2025-08-19

The account includes actions from 18 August and final fighting through 28 August; the conventional 19/20–25 August range does not cover every action.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Plebiscyt i III Powstanie Śląskie 1921 roku

Mirosław Węcki · IPN / Przystanek Historia · 2021-05-03

Detailed military and political chronology. Plebiscite totals differ from another IPN article; datasets are not combined.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

DE

Die Teilung Oberschlesiens

Arnulf Scriba · Deutsches Historisches Museum / LeMO · 2014-09-02

German museum narrative. Its Annaberg date of 23 May differs from 21 May in the detailed IPN chronology. Assessments of partition are interpretations.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Alfons Zgrzebniok

Witold Iwaszkiewicz · Instytut Pamięci Narodowej · 2021

Institutional biography; basic dates and command role consulted.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Powstańcy Śląscy

Archiwa Państwowe

Institution confirms the official Find an Insurgent database. No open export licence established; no records copied.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Zbiory online

Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach

Links to official digital holdings. Access does not automatically establish a reuse licence.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Program badawczy: polegli w powstaniach śląskich

Edward Długajczyk · Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach / Szkice Archiwalno-Historyczne nr 20 · 2023

Research programme points to the need for identification by name; used as a research lead, not as a completed casualty count.

DOI 10.61516/szkice20_2023/dlugajczyk

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Ślązak i Polak Wojciech Korfanty (1873–1939)

Sebastian Rosenbaum; Mirosław Węcki · IPN / Przystanek Historia · 2022-08-16

Full biography. Dates and roles compared with the uprising chronology; political assessments are the authors’ interpretations.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

MUL

GeoNames geographical database: Poland extract

GeoNames contributors · GeoNames · 2026-10-05 (download)

Modern WGS84 settlement points. They do not establish historical borders or exact battle positions.

PL.zip; individual IDs in place records

Accessed: 2026-10-05

PL

Kazimierz Zenkteler „Warwas”

Instytut Pamięci Narodowej / Biogramy

Institutional biography used to verify the name and command succession. Its commemorative value judgments are not adopted.

Accessed: 2026-10-05

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