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Province of Upper Silesia
The
Province of Upper Silesia
(;
Silesian German
:
Provinz Oberschläsing
; ; ) was a
province
of the
Free State of Prussia
from 1919 to 1945. It comprised much of the region of
Upper Silesia
and was eventually divided into two administrative regions (
Regierungsbezirke
) called
Bezirk Kattowitz
, and
Oppeln
. The provincial capital was
Oppeln
(1919–1938) and
Kattowitz
(1941–1945), while other major towns included
Beuthen
,
Gleiwitz
,
Hindenburg O.S.
,
Neiße
,
Ratibor
and
Auschwitz
(the place of future extermination of Jews in World War II). Between 1938 and 1941 it was reunited with
Lower Silesia
as the
Province of Silesia
.
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