Integration problems of immigrants in Polish Upper Silesia during the interwar period

Abstract

The text of this article includes the issue of social integrity of the inflow population from other districts of Poland in the area of the Prussia Upper Silesia, included into the Polish state on the map. The chronological frames are indicated with the time of existence of the II Republic of Poland. The aspect of social integrity covered the issues connected with process of including different social groups with into Upper Silesia society and as a result of obtaining the possibilities, rights and services by them available only for local population. This process was not an obvious thing as it often meant the necessity to waive its identity by one or both parties understood as values, standards, traditions, customs, right, views, even the language. A complex process of social integrity was one of the most distinctive difficulties in this region.

Keywords

• upper silesia
• intelligence
• migration
• integration
• catholic church