Wojciech Korfanty, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wojciech Korfanty

Polish politician

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1873

Place of Birth: Siemianowice Śląskie, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 17-Aug-1939

Profession: politician, journalist

Nationality: Poland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Wojciech Korfanty (IPA: ['v?jt??x k?r'fant?]; born Adalbert Korfanty, 20 April 1873 – 17 August 1939) was a Polish activist, journalist and politician, who served as a member of the German parliaments, the Reichstag and the Prussian Landtag, and later, in the Polish Sejm.
Briefly, he also was a paramilitary leader, known for organizing the Polish Silesian Uprisings in Upper Silesia, which after World War I was contested by Germany and Poland.
Korfanty fought to protect Poles from discrimination and the policies of Germanisation in Upper Silesia before the war and sought to join Silesia to Poland after Poland regained its independence.