The Allies dissolved the Sicherheitspolizei and established a parity-based Plebiscite Police, the Abstimmungspolizei (APO). This significantly changed the conditions of the campaign. It did not settle the region’s state affiliation: the vote still lay ahead.
Sources for this passage
- II Powstanie ŚląskieSecond: outcome; FRUS editorial notes: 24 August police reorganisation
- Treaty of Versailles, Article 88 and Annex; editorial notes in FRUSSecond: outcome; FRUS editorial notes: 24 August police reorganisation
Sources
- II Powstanie Śląskie
Mirosław Węcki · Instytut Pamięci Narodowej · 2025-08-19
- 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)
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