title: What happened to chests 1a-3a? The fate of collections and documents of the Silesian Library in Katowice under occupation
abstract: The Silesian Library (Silesian Public Library), in the interwar period (1922–1939), was one ofthe youngest and most dynamically developing research libraries in Poland at that time. It was possible, inter alia, thanks to the special political status ofthe Silesian Voivodeship, the autonomous status of which (the treasury, the police and partly legislation) created exceptionally favourable conditions for the functioning of cultural institutions. In 1939, its book collection consisted of about 104
journal: Z Badań nad Książką i Księgozbiorami Historycznymi