TABLE OF CONTENTS // Introduction... rj // 1 Poles in Cieszyn Silesia before Czechoslovakia was founded...11 // 1.1 Cieszyn Silesia in the Middle Ages... // 1.2 Cieszyn Region in Modern Era till 1848...12 // 1.3 Expansion of the National Movement... 13 // 2 Cieszyn Silesia national identity dispute 1918 - 1920...17 // 2.1 National Council of the Duchy of Cieszyn...17 // 2.2 Czech-Polish Military Conflict - "Seven-day War"...19 // 2.3 Preparations for plebiscite...21 // 2.4 Division of Cieszyn Region... 24 // Poles in Czechoslovakia between the world wars 1920 - 1938... 29 // 3.1 Cultural and Social Life of Poles in CSR...29 // 3.2 Economic and Political Activities of Poles in the Interwar // Czechoslovakia... 23 // 4 Poles in Cieszyn region during German occupation...43 // 4.1 First Occupation Days... 43 // 4.2 Silesian Nationality and German Volksliste...46 // 4.3 Persecution of the Population... 48 // 4.4 Resistance against the Occupation and Liberation...57 // 5 Poles in post-war Czechoslovakia 1945-1989... 65 // 5.1 Poles in CSR in the Onset and Consolidation of Communist // Power 1945- 1956... 65 // 5.2 Polish Minority in De-stalinisation Period, Prague Spring // and Normalisation 1956 - 1989... 72 // 6 Poles in Czechoslovakia (the Czech Republic) after 1989...85 // 6.1 Transformation of the Polish Minority and the Issue // of Political Representation...85 // 6.2 Legislative Base of the Polish Minority Rights...86 // 6.3 Implementation of the Rights in Practice - Educational
// and Cultural Activities...89 // Corresponding tasks...95 // Other suggested reading on the topic of minorities // in the Moravian-Silesian region...97 // ?