Do Silesia people consider themselves to be Silesians, not Poles nor Germans?

They feel mostly German and speak an German dialect.

If you're gonna answer your own questions don't bother posting.
BTW, you're wrong.
The Silesian languauge has more in common with Slavic language than German.
And they sure as jaysus don't 'feel' German.

#Troll

they speak a Polish dialect with a lot of German borrowings which is different, - some argue Silesian is a language on its own within Slavic family - some call it an ethnolect (something halfway between dialect and a language)

So do, though it isn't quite so simple. There is a Silesian dialect of German as well as a Silesian dialect of Polish. It is mostly used in those parts of Silesia across the border, in Germany, though some use it on the Polish side.

ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=sli

Silesian dialect of German is almost non-existant at least in Poland (those who could speak it are mainly dead by now because of their age) - Silesian dialect of German in Germany is in similar state to Poland (though more people can still speak it but they are all very old people)

Perhaps time for a revival and some legal protection.

Revival of what?

this size of a languge is bound for extinction unless we are talking about some remote tropical jungle


revival of German Upper Silesian dialect (let the Germans pay I say)

Endangered languages spoken in Poland. Wymysorys, spoken in a small area between Śląsk and Małopolska is probably too far gone, but Silesian German certainly isn't.

Wymysorys - there is some living culture in the language btw it's near Bielsko -Biała not between Śląsk and Małopolska

It's both. Quite near Bielsko. And exactly on the boundary between Śląsk and Małoplska.

One problem is that most of the speakers are elderly. It never really recovered from the post-war ban.

the Silesians I know, and I know a few, live in the Zabrze - Rybnik region. They feel very Polish and are proud, as they have a right to, of their Silesian background.

My family is from Silesia .. I dont feel Polish, German or even Upper Silesian .. I feel misanthropic.

Merged:

When Silesia start to happening to Poland, I would remind you how Croatia happened to Yugoslavia

Just pray that Germany collapse without finishing its projects. That`s your only chance, Poles.

Or pray that EU collapse (sure, it won`t be enough if Germany exist... Germany would stay strong magnet for Silesia). Or that Serbia enters EU... oh, pray hard for that. With Serbia in EU, truly, everything possible and impossible would be possible.

Feel as you wish, but most Silesians feel Silesian and Polish at the same time as the result of the last national census has shown despite the RAŚ being a very noisy organisation which succeeded in getting surprisingly huge public attention.