ABBREVIATIONS ( AAK – Archiwum Archidiecezjalne w Katowicach (Archdiocese Archive in Katowice) AAN – Archiwum Akt Nowych (Archive of New Records, Warsaw) AD – Archives diplomatiques, Service public fédéral Aff aires étrangères, Bruxelles (Diplomatic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Aff airs, Brussels) APK – Archiwum Państwowe w Katowicach (State Archive in Katowice) ASPL – Archiwum Szkoły Podstawowej w Lublińcu (Archive Primary School in Lubliniec) BABL – Bundesar iv Berlin-Li terfelde (German Federal Ar ives Berlin-Li terfelde) BAK – Bundesarchiv Koblenz (German Federal Archives in Koblenz) BDM – Bund deutscher Mädel (League of German Girls) CARHIF – Centre d’Ar ives et de Re er es pour Histoire des Femmes (National Work for Child Welfare, Ar ive and Resear Centre for Women’s History) CEGESOMA – Centre d’Études et Documentation Guerre et Sociétés contemporaines (Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Contemporary Society, Brussels) DSHI – Dokumentesammlung des Herder-Instituts Marburg (Ar ive in the Herder Institute in Marburg) HF – Heima reue Front (Homeland Loyalty Front) KADOC – Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum voor Religie, Cultuur en Samenleving, KU Leuven (Documentation and Research Center on Religion, Culture and Society, Catholic University of Leuven) This open access edition has been made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg. Not for resale. Abbreviations | xi LVR – Landesverband Rheinland (Regional Rhineland Association) MWRiOP – Ministerstwo Wyznań Religij nych i Oświecenia Publicznego (Polish Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Enlightenment) MYRCIK – Private Archive of Jan Myrcik, Koszęcin NSDAP – Nationalsozialistis e Deuts e Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) PAAAB – Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amts Berlin (Political Archive of the German Federal Foreign Offi ce) RULAND – Private Archive of Herbert Ruland, Eyna en SA – Stadtar iv Aa en (Aa en City Ar ive) SCNNSP – Stowarzyszenie Chrześcij ańsko-Narodowe Nauczycielstwa Szkół Powszechnych (Association of Christian-National Teachers of General Schools) SE – Staatsar iv Eupen (State Ar ive in Eupen) TSYSHO – Di Tsentrale Yidishe Shul-Organizatsye (Central Jewish S ool Organisation) VDA – Verein für das Deuts tum im Ausland (Association for Germanness Abroad) Volksbund – Deutschoberschlesischer Volksbund für Polnisch-Schlesien zur Wahrung der Minderheitsrechte (German Upper Silesian Na- tional Association of Polish Silesia for Minority Rights Protection) ZNP – Związek Nauczycieli Polskich (Association of Polish Teachers) This open access edition has been made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg. Not for resale. German Territorial Changes in the Twentieth Century (copyright: Peter Lang). This open access edition has been made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg. Not for resale. Upper Silesia (1921–39) (copyright: Malte Helfer). This open access edition has been made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg. Not for resale. The regions of Eupen, Sankt Vith and Malmedy a er the Treaty of Versailles (1920) (copyright: Peter Lang). This open access edition has been made available under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license thanks to the support of Centre for Contemporary and Digital History at the University of Luxembourg. Not for resale..