Published: 2020-12-18

The “human face” of the Upper-Silesian blue-collar workers in the interwar period [Rev. Dariusz Zalega: Śląsk zbuntowany]

Maciej Fic Logo ORCID
Section: Artykuły recenzyjne i recenzje
https://doi.org/10.31261/WSN.2020.20.10

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.

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Fic, M. (2020). The “human face” of the Upper-Silesian blue-collar workers in the interwar period [Rev. Dariusz Zalega: Śląsk zbuntowany]. Wieki Stare I Nowe, 15(20), 159–166. https://doi.org/10.31261/WSN.2020.20.10

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Vol. 15 No. 20 (2020)
Published: 2020-12-21


ISSN: 1899-1556
eISSN: 2353-9739

Publisher
Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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