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- Silesians abstract "Silesians (Silesian: Ślůnzoki; Silesian German: Schläsinger; Polish: Ślązacy; Czech: Slezané; German: Schlesier) are the inhabitants of Silesia, a region divided by the current boundaries of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic. Silesians are considered to belong to a Polish ethnographic group, and they speak a dialect of Polish. They are of Slavic descent, but because Germany ruled Silesia for a long time, Silesians have been deeply influenced by German culture.There have been some debates on whether or not the Silesians (historically, Upper Silesians) constitute a distinct nation. In modern history, they have often been pressured to declare themselves to be German, Polish or Czech, and use the language of the nation currently governing them. Nevertheless, 847,000 people declared themselves to be of Silesian nationality in the 2011 Polish national census (including 376,000 who declared it to be their only nationality, 436,000 who declared to be their first nationality, 411,000 who declared to be their second one, and 431,000 who declared joint Silesian and Polish nationality (173,153 in Poland in 2002), maintaining its position as the largest minority group. About 126,000 people declared themselves as members of the German minority (58,000 declared it jointly with Polish nationality), making it the third largest minority group in the country (93% of Germans living in Poland are in the Polish part of Silesia). 12,231 people declared themselves to be of Silesian nationality in the Czech national census of 2011 (44,446 in Czechoslovakia in 1991), and 6,361 people declared joint Silesian and Moravian nationality in the Slovak national census.During the German occupation of Poland, Nazi authorities conducted a census in East Upper Silesia in 1940. 157,057 people declared Silesian nationality (Slonzaken Volk), and the Silesian language was declared by 288,445 people. However, the Silesian nationality could only be declared in the Cieszyn part of the region. Approximately 400–500,000 respondents from the other areas of East Upper Silesia who declared "Upper Silesian nationality" (Oberschlesier) were assigned to the German nationality category. After World War II in Poland, the 1945 census showed a sizable group of people in Upper Silesia who declared Silesian nationality. According to police reports, 22% of people in Zabrze considered themselves to be Silesians, and that number was around 50% in Strzelce County.An article promoting the creation of an organization - the League of Silesia - was first publicly published during the Spring of Nations. The author of the article was painter and poet Jan Gajda, who published his "Appeal to the people of Upper Silesia" (Odezwa do ludu górnośląskiego) in the Journal of Upper Silesia on 7 April 1849. Later, the term "Silesian nationality" was used in Prussian Upper Silesia and Austrian Silesia. The emergence of the Silesian People's Party in 1908 initiated the struggle for the national identity of Silesians. At the international talks on the future of Silesia, Józef Kożdoń (leader of Silesian People's Party) stipulated the creation of an independent Silesian state. The idea attracted the International Commission, but it has faded due to the protest of the French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau and the representative of France. The Silesian People's Party cooperated with the Union of Upper Silesians. The Union of Upper Silesians supported a national identity for Upper Silesians, and advocated the creation of an independent, neutral Republic of Upper Silesia based the model of Switzerland and Belgium. In 1921, the union had about half a million members, which was half of the adult population. In 1918, the secret Committee of the Upper Silesians distributed unsigned underground leaflets, calling for the establishment of an independent Republic of Upper Silesia. Between 1925 and 1934, the Association of Upper Silesian Defense (Związek Obrony Górnoślązaków) demanded that the Silesian nationality be recognized as a national minority in Poland.".
- Silesians language Czech_language.
- Silesians language German_language.
- Silesians language Polish_language.
- Silesians language Silesian_language.
- Silesians populationPlace Czech_Republic.
- Silesians populationPlace Poland.
- Silesians populationPlace West_Germany.
- Silesians related Austrians.
- Silesians related Czechs.
- Silesians related Germans.
- Silesians related Poles.
- Silesians related Slovaks.
- Silesians related Sorbs.
- Silesians related West_Slavs.
- Silesians religion Catholic_Church.
- Silesians religion Irreligion.
- Silesians religion Lutheranism.
- Silesians thumbnail Babcia_Agnes.jpg?width=300.
- Silesians wikiPageExternalLink HEC03-01.pdf.
- Silesians wikiPageID "1294695".
- Silesians wikiPageLength "26679".
- Silesians wikiPageOutDegree "170".
- Silesians wikiPageRevisionID "674694449".
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Andalusia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Anthropologist.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Austria.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Austrians.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Autochthons.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Bavaria.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Bavarian_Geographer.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Bishopric_of_Wrocław.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Bobrzanie.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Bohemia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Boii.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Boleslaus_I_of_Poland.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Bolesław_I_the_Brave.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_groups_divided_by_international_borders.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Europe.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Germany.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_groups_in_Poland.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Ethnic_groups_in_the_Czech_Republic.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_by_city_in_Silesia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silesia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Silesian_people.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Category:Slavic_ethnic_groups.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Catholic_Church.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Celts.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Chrzanów.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Cieszyn.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Cieszyn_Silesia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Crown_of_Bohemia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Culture_of_Poland.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Czech_Republic.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Czech_language.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Czechoslovakia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Czechs.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Dadosesani.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Danube.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Danube_river.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Diocese_of_Kraków.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Dnieper.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Dnieper_River.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Duchy_of_Kraków.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink East_Central_German.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink East_Germany.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink East_Upper_Silesia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Ecclesiastical_province.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Ethnic_Poles.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Expulsion_of_Germans_after_World_War_II.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Family_reunification.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944–50).
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Fragmentation_of_Poland.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Frederick_II_of_Prussia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Frederick_the_Great.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Georges_Clemenceau.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink German_language.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink German_minority_in_Poland.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink German_occupation_of_Poland.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Germanic_peoples.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Germans.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Germany.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Golensizi.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Golenzizi.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Great_Moravia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Habsburg_Monarchy.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Poland_(1939–45).
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Poland_(966–1385).
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_peoples.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink International_Organization_for_Standardization.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Irreligion.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Józef_Kożdoń.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Katowice.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Bohemia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Poland_(1025–1385).
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Kingdom_of_Prussia.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Kulturkampf.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Lands_of_the_Bohemian_Crown.
- Silesians wikiPageWikiLink Lechitic_languages.