Bratwurst Boy
4 Mar 2009
History / Polish-German alliance. [489]
Well...the new Poland had huge groups of minorities and the Poles treated them badly...there were the anti-Jewish laws similar to Nuremberg, there were the anti-German provocations, the Belorussian schools got forbidden etc.
An interesting side:
worldatwar.net/timeline/poland/18-52.html
jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Poland.html#After%20World%20 War%20I
So the whole situation between Poles and Jews, Poles and Ukrainians and Poles and Germans was quite tense and chaotic I would say.
Poland even denying to negotiate over a railway to the German enclaves (enclaves only after this treaty).
Could a war have been avoided if Poland would had been more accommodating to their German minority aka Germany? I dunno! But I like to think so..
Were they as nationalistic as the Germans? You bet! :)
Well...the new Poland had huge groups of minorities and the Poles treated them badly...there were the anti-Jewish laws similar to Nuremberg, there were the anti-German provocations, the Belorussian schools got forbidden etc.
An interesting side:
Allied supervised plebiscites favorable to Germany were ignored in three disputed territories
Victory in the border conflicts created a Poland in which a third of the citizenry was composed of non-Polish Germans, Lithuanians, Belorussians, Ukrainians or Yiddish speaking Jews.
The districts of Allenstein and Marienwerder vote to remain German. Results of the Allied supervised plebiscite show 460,000 electors in favor of Germany against 16,000 for Poland.
Upper Silesia votes to remain German. Results of the plebiscite show 702,000 electors in favor of remaining with Germany against 479,000 who favor annexation to Poland.
Victory in the border conflicts created a Poland in which a third of the citizenry was composed of non-Polish Germans, Lithuanians, Belorussians, Ukrainians or Yiddish speaking Jews.
The districts of Allenstein and Marienwerder vote to remain German. Results of the Allied supervised plebiscite show 460,000 electors in favor of Germany against 16,000 for Poland.
Upper Silesia votes to remain German. Results of the plebiscite show 702,000 electors in favor of remaining with Germany against 479,000 who favor annexation to Poland.
worldatwar.net/timeline/poland/18-52.html
Jews were not allowed to work in the civil service, few were public school teachers, almost no Jews were railroad workers and no Jews worked in state-controlled banks or state-run monopolies (i.e. the tobacco industry). Legislation was enacted forcing citizens to rest on Sunday, ruining Jewish commerce that was closed on Saturday.
Their economic downfall was accompanied by a rise of anti-Semitism. In the late 1930's a new wave of pogroms befell the community and anti-Jewish boycotts were enacted.
Their economic downfall was accompanied by a rise of anti-Semitism. In the late 1930's a new wave of pogroms befell the community and anti-Jewish boycotts were enacted.
jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/vjw/Poland.html#After%20World%20 War%20I
So the whole situation between Poles and Jews, Poles and Ukrainians and Poles and Germans was quite tense and chaotic I would say.
Poland even denying to negotiate over a railway to the German enclaves (enclaves only after this treaty).
Could a war have been avoided if Poland would had been more accommodating to their German minority aka Germany? I dunno! But I like to think so..
Were they as nationalistic as the Germans? You bet! :)