Upper Silesia plebiscite

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The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.

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Generate an image of the Upper Silesia plebiscite (The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a 1921 referendum in the ethnically mixed industrial region of Upper Silesia to determine whether the territory would belong to Germany or the newly re-established Poland after World War I.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
plebiscite ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
category 1921 in Europe ⓘ
History of Silesia ⓘ
linked to: Silesia

Plebiscites in disputed territories ⓘ
Poland–Germany relations ⓘ
conflictContext aftermath of World War I ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
date 1921-03-20 ⓘ
electorate inhabitants of Upper Silesia ⓘ
ethnicContext ethnically mixed region ⓘ
ethnicGroupsInvolved Germans ⓘ
Poles ⓘ
finalDecisionBy League of Nations ⓘ
followedBy Third Silesian Uprising ⓘ
impact affected control of major coal and industrial resources ⓘ
shaped the Polish–German border in Upper Silesia ⓘ
languageContext German ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
legalBasis Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
location Upper Silesia ⓘ
organizedBy Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia ⓘ
partOf implementation of the Treaty of Versailles ⓘ
post-World War I border settlements ⓘ
precededBy First Silesian Uprising ⓘ
Second Silesian Uprising ⓘ
purpose to determine whether Upper Silesia would belong to Germany or Poland ⓘ
question whether Upper Silesia should remain in Germany or join Poland ⓘ
region Upper Silesia ⓘ
relatedTo League of Nations arbitration ⓘ
Polish–German border disputes ⓘ
Silesian Uprisings ⓘ
result division of Upper Silesia between Germany and Poland ⓘ
industrial eastern part largely awarded to Poland ⓘ
western part largely remained in Germany ⓘ
resultType territorial division ⓘ
supervisedBy Allied powers ⓘ
France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
timePeriod interwar period ⓘ
votingSystem popular vote ⓘ
year 1921 ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Silesia → wasSubjectOf → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
subject linked to: Silesia (as contested region)
Council of the League of Nations → notableCase → Upper Silesia dispute ⓘ
linked to: Upper Silesia plebiscite
Silesia → historicalEvent → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Upper Silesia → wasSceneOf → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
First Silesian Uprising → relatedTo → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Silesian Uprisings → relatedTo → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Inter-Allied Commission for Upper Silesia → relatedToEvent → Upper Silesian plebiscite ⓘ
linked to: Upper Silesia plebiscite
Third Silesian Uprising → relatedTo → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Second Silesian Uprising → relatedTo → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Beuthen → historicalEventAssociation → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Battle of Annaberg → relatedTo → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ
Province of Upper Silesia (historical) → event → Upper Silesia plebiscite ⓘ