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German Silesian Foodways

Diaspora

The food of Silesia’s German population before 1945 and in the Federal Republic after: Schlesisches Himmelreich — smoked pork with dried fruit — Streuselkuchen, Mohnkuchen, potato dumplings, Liegnitzer Bomben. ⚠ RECORDED AS HISTORY AND DIASPORA, not as a claim on territory. The expulsion of millions and the resettlement of others are both facts of this kitchen.

Atlas — where and when

Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Silesian Germans community documented

Languages: German

What is recorded

  • German Silesian foodways is recorded as history and diaspora. The expulsion of the German population after 1945 and the resettlement of Poles from the east are both facts of this region’s kitchen, and neither is used here to make a claim about who the land belongs to. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • migrated to German Foodways documented

    Expulsion after 1945 carried Silesian German cooking into both German states.

Recipes

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