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The Polish Liquidation Committee of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia () was a temporary Polish government body that operated in Galicia at the end of
The Polish Liquidation Committee of Galicia and Cieszyn Silesia () was a temporary Polish government body that operated in Galicia at the end of World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
. Created on 28 October 1918, with its seat in Kraków
, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...
, the Committee was headed by Wincenty Witos and Ignacy Daszyński. The Committee aimed primarily to maintain order in the territories of the former Austrian part of partitioned Poland during the re-establishment of an independent Poland.
Timeline
It was founded by Polish members of the Austrian parliament on 28 October 1918. On 27 March 1919, the committee handed over its authority to the central Polish government seated inWarsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
.
See also
* Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) * Poverty in Austrian GaliciaReferences
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