Silesia (Schlesien) History

Schlesien History
Here is a link to Silesia history. The text is in German. Hilite the URL, go to Google translation tools, enter the link in "translating a website", choose German to English and read all about very informative details about the history of Silesia.

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlesien

Breslau History
For wonderful historical emails that you can receive in your own mail box regarding the History of Breslau prior to WWII, contact Egon Hoecker at egon.hoecker@gmx.de. These historical pdf files come 2-3 times monthly and share photos, and articles concerning Breslau.

University of Wroclaw (formerly Breslau
The University of Wroclaw (formerly Breslau) is a wonderful source for information regarding the history of Silesia. The contact information is shown below:

Uniwersytet Wroclawsky Archiwum ul. Szewska 50/51 50-139 Wroclaw Tel.: 0048 - 71 - 375 22 28 Fax: 0048 - 71 - 343 25 45 E-mail: auwr@archiw.uni.wroc.pl www.archiw.uni.wroc.pl

Their hours of operation are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:00 am till 2:00 pm. Closed on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Contact person is Krzysztof Koren who speaks German.