Wojciech Korfanty

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Polish politician (1873-1939)

PoliticiansLived 1873 to 1939 · aged 66

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Wojciech Korfanty was a Polish activist, journalist and politician, who served as a member of the German parliaments, the Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, and later, in the Polish Sejm.

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A plaque dedicated by the University of Wrocław to celebrate the 130th anniversary of Korfanty's birth in 2003. The text reads: Student of philosophy, law, and economics at Wrocław University; journalist, defender of Polishness, leader of the Silesian Uprisings; member of parliament and senator of the Polish Republic.

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1997Order of the White Eagle

Cross of Valour

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SpouseElżbieta Korfantowa

Connected to Wojciech 6

Walery SławekAlso won Cross of Valour

Aleksander FordAlso won Cross of Valour

Lucjan ŻeligowskiAlso won Cross of Valour

Nikolai ShchelokovAlso won Cross of Valour

Władysław BroniewskiAlso won Cross of Valour

Leopold OkulickiAlso won Cross of Valour

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Wojciech Korfanty was a Polish activist, journalist and politician, who served as a member of the German parliaments, the Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, and later, in the Polish Sejm. Briefly, he also was a paramilitary leader, known for organizing the Polish Silesian Uprisings in Upper Silesia, which after World War I was contested by Germany and Poland. Korfanty fought to protect Poles from discrimination and the policies of Germanisation in Upper Silesia before the war and sought to join Silesia to Poland after Poland regained its independence. His assessment varies, while in Poland he is viewed as a freedom fighter, in Germany he was viewed as a nationalist and coup leader.