@ARTICLE{Hachmeister_Maren_Being_2020, author={Hachmeister, Maren}, volume={Folge 13 : Plebiszite, Selbstbestimmung, Minderheitsrechte}, journal={Historie. Jahrbuch des Zentrums für Historische Forschung Berlin der Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaften}, pages={64-77}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={Zentrum für Historische Forschung Berlinder Polnischen Akademie der Wissenschaft}, abstract={The plebiscite in Upper Silesia from the year 1921 was one of the most important moments in the history of the region. The establishment of the independent Polish state after 1918 resulted in creating a frontier which divided the region before the plebiscite itself. Therefore, various kinds of travel documents emerged and played an important role. Basing on decision of the Allies, starting from 1st of July 1920, all persons who wanted to enter the plebiscite area were obliged to have a special passport or identity card, issued by the French consulate in Breslau (Wrocław). Also the inhabitants of Upper Silesia, travelling in the area of plebiscite territory, were obliged to possess special travel cards. The author in her article analyses different types of documents as well as mechanisms of dealing with problems of people, who after the final division of Upper Silesia decided to move from one side of the border to the other.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Being (no) refugee. Registration of changes of residence during a plebiscite in Upper Silesia}, URL={http://ochroma.man.poznan.pl/Content/116411/PDF/2020-01-HIST-04-Hachmeister.pdf}, doi={10.24425/historie.2020.133250}, keywords={referendum, Upper Silesia, migrations, World War I, conflict}, }