German Population in the Ethnic Policy of “People’s Poland”
Journal: Zeszyty Naukowe Państwowej Wyższej Szkoły Zawodowej im Witelona w Legnicy
Year: 2021

After the Second World War, according to various sources, there were between 3.5 and 4.5 million citizens of the former German Third Reich within the borders of Poland. According to the agreements of the so-called Big Three, made during the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, this population was to be resettled within the borders of post-war Germany. The mass deportation actions lasted from 1946 to 1949 and covered the vast majority of the population, but still about 200,000 people remained in their