Silesia; North Moravia; personality; biogram

Nově vydaný 6. (18) sešit Biografického slovníku Slezska a severní Moravy, nová řada, obsahuje biogramy o životě a díle významných osobností politického, hospodářského, vědeckého, kulturního ad. dění.

Published by the Faculty of Arts and the Institute for Regional Studies at the University of Ostrava, and written by experts from various scientific fields, the lexicon features biogrammes depicting the lives of significant personalities who had ties to the region through their origin or activities. The lexicon was compiled on the basis of the Dutch method to include profiles of significant personalities from all areas of social life. With regard to the specifics of the region, the lexicon also includes representatives of ethnic minorities (German, Polish, Jewish) and furthermore, it provides collective biogrammes of enterpreneurship and aristocracy lineages.