Paul Habraschka

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Paul Habraschka (born November 6, 1897 in Rozbarku, died September 12, 1969 in Hildesheim) - Silesian mining poet and humorist. He was born in a mining family - his father worked in the Heinitz mine in Bytom. Young Paul, at the age of 14, started work at the Karsten-Zentrum mine as a miner of the profession. During World War I served on the western front, where in 1916 he was seriously wounded. After recovering he continued to work in the mine and in 1924 suffered a serious accident - he was covered with coal for several hours.

After this experience Habraschka came up with the idea of ​​describing the hardships of the mining life of both his and his colleagues. Short stories and poems were first created - he debuted in the Der Oberschlesischer Wanderer. In 1930 he published the first collection of poems - "In der Tiefe" and "Der Bergmanns Feierschicht" (1932) and "Nach der Schicht" (1935). In 1940, two novels - "Klenkohle" and sensational "Grenzmarder" - were published, describing smuggling on the German-Polish border. In addition, Habraschka wrote numerous humorous stories and stories for children and adolescents published in the 40s and 60s, and some only after his death.

In 1945, after entering the area of ​​Silesia, the Red Army was sent to destructive forced labor to the Soviet Union. With other companions, he worked in the Donbass mines, where he managed to escape with three other men. After a year, Silesian entered the Polish territory, where the militia was arrested and imprisoned for two months. On these tragic experiences, he wrote in an autobiographical book, "Meinen Tod will ich selber sterben !, Erbnisse als Internierte in der Sowjetunion" (The Passion of an Interned in the Soviet Union, 1967). In 1957 he left his native Silesia permanently and moved to Germany, living in Hildesheim for the rest of his life.

Habraschka's work has been highly appreciated by literary critics as a true and accurate description of the life and work of miners in Upper Silesia. Bibliography

E. Klin, Habraschka Paul, in: Silesians from the earliest times to the present day, vol. II, ed. J. Rostropowicz, Łubowice-Opole 2006, ISBN 83-88672-77-0.

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