Communist Party of the Silesian Land explained

Communist Party of the Silesian Land
Foundation:1920
Dissolution:1920
Split:Polish Socialist Party
Successor:Communist Party of Upper Silesia
Ideology:Communism
Position:Far-left politics
Country:Poland

The Communist Party of the Silesian Land (Polish: Komunistyczna Partia Ziemi Śląskiej, KPZŚ) was a communist party that operated in the Silesian Voivodeship, Poland in 1920.[1] [2]

History

The Communist Party of the Silesian Land was formed in September 1920, by splitting from the Polish Socialist Party. In November 1920, it joined with the Silesian Voivodeship branches of the Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, forming the Communist Party of Upper Silesia.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. J. Holzer: Mozaika polityczna Drugiej Rzeczypospolitej. Warsaw, 1974, p. 224. (in Polish)
  2. Franciszka Świetlikowa: Komunistyczna Partia Robotnicza Polski, 1918-1923. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza, 1968, p. 108. (in Polish)