Balcarek family - Silesia - Germany/Poland

[Elliven]

In the troubled times around the First World War the province of Silesia seems to have moved from Germany to Poland.  The family I am investigating were listed as being from Jankowice, Silesia and were ethnic Poles. Wilhelm Andrzej Jerzy Balcarek was born on 4th February 1915 son of  Pawel Balcarek and Franciszka nee Gawlik.  Pawel was killed in the fighting near the French/Belgian border on 11th November 1915 ut can anyone please give me information on who was Pawel's father?  Many thanks.

[Svenja]

Hi

Wikipedia says there are 18 places named Jankowice in Poland.
3 places are situated in Silesia, and 2 other places in Silesia have a part of the name as Jankowice.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jankowice

It is also important to know that only Lower Silesia belonged to Prussia (Germany).
Upper Silesia belonged to Austria and after WWI was divided between Poland and Czechoslovakia.

So it is important to know which Jankowice the family you are investigating came from.

Regards
Svenja

[Elliven]

Thank you Svenja,

All I know is that it was in Lower Silesia in the part that was ceded to Poland after the First World War and during that war the man I am tracking fought on the German side and his uniform has been identified as from a Prussian regiment

[Svenja]

Hi

There is one Paul Balcarek on the casuality list of the Prussian army on the 3rd December 1915.
He was a part of the 12th company of the 11th Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment of the Prussian army.

http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/3449461

There are also three Paul Balzarek on the casuality lists of the Prussian army (1915, 1916, 1917).

In the names List of the "In Flanders Field Museum" no person with surname Balcarek or Balzarek is listed.
https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/search/language=en

Regards
Svenja