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  2. Silesian weavers' uprising - Wikipedia

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    The Silesian weavers by Karl Hübner. Silesian weavers' uprising of 1844 (German: Schlesischer Weberaufstand) was a revolt against contractors who supplied the weavers of Silesia with raw material and gave them orders for finished textiles but drastically reduced their payments. Silesia's industry was in bad condition in the decades after 1815.

  3. The Weavers (play) - Wikipedia

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    The Weavers (German: Die Weber, Silesian German: De Waber) is a play in five acts written by the German playwright Gerhart Hauptmann in 1892. The play, probably Hauptmann's most important drama, sympathetically portrays a group of Silesian weavers who staged an uprising in 1844 due to their concerns about the Industrial Revolution.

  4. The Weavers (1927 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Weavers (German: Die Weber) is a 1927 German silent historical drama film directed by Frederic Zelnik and starring Paul Wegener, Valeska Stock and Hermann Picha. The film is based on the 1892 play of the same title by Gerhart Hauptmann based on a historical event. [1] The film's art direction was by Andrej Andrejew.

  5. History of Silesia - Wikipedia

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    As social conditions worsened, growing unrest culminated in the Silesian cotton weavers' uprising (German: Schlesischer Weberaufstand) of 1844. This uprising, on the eve of the revolution of 1848 , was closely observed by German society and treated by several artists, among them Gerhart Hauptmann (with his 1892 play The Weavers ) and Heinrich ...

  6. The Silesian Weavers - Wikipedia

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    "The Silesian Weavers" (also: Weaver-song) is a poem by Heinrich Heine written in 1844. It is exemplary of the political poetry of the Vormärz movement. It is about the misery of the Silesian weavers, who in 1844 ventured an uprising against exploitation and wage decreases, and thereby drew attention to the grievances originated in the context of industrialization.

  7. The Real History Behind Netflix’s Korean War Epic Uprising

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    Gang Dong-won as Cheon-yeong in <i>Uprising</i> Credit - Courtesy of Netflix. Uprising, Netflix’s new Korean action-war epic, spans decades as it follows the fraught friendship between Cheon ...

  8. Here's how to watch all the “Alien ”movies in order - AOL

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    With the Aug. 16 release of Alien: Romulus, starring Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson, fans may be [chest]bursting with excitement to revisit all the movies within the extensive Alien timeline.

  9. Category:History of Silesia - Wikipedia

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    Silesian Autonomy Movement; Silesian County; Silesian independence; Silesian Military District; Silesian offensives; Silesian People's Party; Silesian Przesieka; Silesian Regional Party; Silesian Separatist Movement; Silesian tribes; Silesian Voivodeship (1945–1950) Silesian Walls; The Silesian Weavers; Silesian weavers' uprising; Silesians ...