Who is Who in Central & East Europe 1933


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Silesia


Emanuel Chobot , Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia ->
is Chairman of the Polish Co-operative Society in East Silesia.

Karl Heinold , Brno, Moravia, Czechoslovakia ->
As governor of Silesia and Moravia he was constantly busy in attempting to diminish national contrasts. He was sometimes successful, sometimes not. In 1907 he created a national division between the Germans, Czechs and Poles in Silesia.

Henryk Jarczyk , Utca Francuska, Katowice, Poland ->
fought in the Upper Silesian revolution. He is the President of the People's Council in Rodziez-Szopienice, of the Union for the defense of the western frontiers of the Silesia Voivodeship, and of the Union of Polish physicians in Silesia.

Jan Kapras , Prague, Czechoslovakia ->
wrote: "Silesia - an integrant part of the Czech State", 1929; and "History of Austro-Silesia XII".