Wojciech Korfanty
| Wojciech Korfanty | |
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Wojciech Korfanty in 1925
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Poland | |
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In office October 1923 – December 1923 |
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| Member of the Sejm | |
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In office 1922–1930 |
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| Member of the Senate | |
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In office 1930–1935 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Adalbert Korfanty April 20, 1873 Siemianowitz/Laurahütte, German Empire |
| Died | August 17, 1939 (aged 66) Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Political party |
Polish Christian Democratic Party Labor Party |
| Spouse(s) | Elżbieta Korfantowa |
| Occupation | Politician, activist |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Wojciech Korfanty (born Adalbert Korfanty, IPA: [ˈvɔjt͡ɕɛx kɔɾˈfantɨ]) (20 April 1873 - 17 August 1939) 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.
Adalbert Korfanty was born the son of a coal miner in Sadzawka, part of Siemianowice (at the time Laurahütte), in Prussian Silesia, then German Empire. From 1895 until 1901, he studied philosophy, law, and economics, first at the Technical University in Charlottenburg (Berlin) (1895) and then at the University of Breslau, where the Marxist Werner Sombart was among his teachers. Korfanty and Sombart remained friends for many years.
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