A journey through Silesia reveals a people whose language, identity, and history were marginalized by nationalism and modernisation.
Karl-Markus Gauß , the Salzburg-based essayist and editor of Literatur und Kritik, has mapped Europe’s overlooked minorities in celebrated travel-essays. He has been repeatedly honored for his contributions to European essay writing.
Karl-Markus Gauß , the Salzburg-based essayist and editor of Literatur und Kritik, has mapped Europe’s overlooked minorities in celebrated travel-essays. He has been repeatedly honored for his contributions to European essay writing.
A journey through Silesia reveals a people whose language, identity, and history were marginalized by nationalism and modernisation.
BY Karl-Markus Gauß 3 January 2026
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