Province of Silesia
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The Province of Silesia was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1742 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of t
Market Square in Breslau (Wrocław), 1890–1900
Plaque in Opole commemorating deportations of Poles to concentration camps in 1939
Province of Upper Silesia
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The Province of Upper Silesia was a province of the Free State of Prussia from 1919 to 1945. It comprised much of the region of Upper Silesia and was eventually divided into two government regions cal
Province of Silesia
…became part of the German Empire in 1871. In 1919, as part of the Free State of Prussia within Weimar Germany, Silesia was divided into the provinces of Upper Silesia and Lower Silesia. Silesia was reunified briefly from 1 April 1938 to 27 January 1941 as a province of Nazi Germany before being divided back into Upper…
Government building in Oppeln (Opole), 1930s