The “human face” of the Upper-Silesian blue-collar workers in the interwar period Cover Image

„Ludzka twarz” górnośląskich robotników w okresie międzywojennym [Rec. Dariusz Zalega: „Śląsk zbuntowany”. Wołowiec 2019]
The “human face” of the Upper-Silesian blue-collar workers in the interwar period

[Rev. Dariusz Zalega: „Śląsk zbuntowany”]

Author(s): Maciej Fic
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Book-Review
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: the history of Upper Silesia; the workers’ movement; the Spanish Civil War

Summary/Abstract: The book Śląsk zbuntowany (‛The rebellious Silesia’) by Dariusz Zalega proposes a new way of writing about the workers’ movement, which is both approachable and devoid of anticommunist sentiment. The author takes the readers on a journey with blue-collar workers originating from Upper Silesia — volunteers forming the International Brigades, participating in the Spanish Civil War of the years 1936—1939 on the side of the Popular Front. Apart from the description of the fighting itself, a lot of space in the book was devoted to circumstances leading the protagonist to Spain. A brief outline of fates of those who managed to survive the clashes with General Francisco Franco’s army is also presented.

  • Issue Year: 20/2020
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 159-166
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish