Original: The Free City had a population of 357,000 (/O1919/O) , 95 % of whom were Germans , Encyclopædia Britannica Year Book , 1938 with the rest mainly either Kashubians or Poles .
Simplified: 98 % were German-speakers , Encyclopaedia Britannica Year Book , 1938 with the rest mainly speaking either Kashubian or Polish .