RD1
4 Oct 2010
History / Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) [118]
Good question.
After WWII, many Germanized Poles in Silesia and elsewhere found themselves in a sort of no-man's land.
From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_from_Pola nd_during_and_after_World_War_II#.22Autochthones.22
And what happened to the germanized poles?
Good question.
After WWII, many Germanized Poles in Silesia and elsewhere found themselves in a sort of no-man's land.
From Wikipedia:
Another problem that Polish authorities were faced with was the disposition of the so-called "Germanized Poles" or "autochthons". Of close to three million residents of Masuria (Masurs), Pomerania (Kashubians) and Upper Silesia (Silesians) of Slavic descent, many did not identify with Polish nationality, were either bilingual or spoke German or Germanized dialects only.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_from_Pola nd_during_and_after_World_War_II#.22Autochthones.22