Ironside
15 Jul 2025
History / Did Poles living in Germany support Hitler's rise to power before World War II? [161]
I understand the article and the point it makes. It discusses how the German state at the time sought to recruit as many soldiers as possible for its army. This effort extended even to Poles who had no prior connection to Germany. Nonetheless, there were already many Poles conscripted into the Wehrmacht, which is my point.
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They were not German-Poles; they were children of former German citizens, very often born and raised in Poland, citizens of Poland, and patriots of Poland.
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I understand the article and the point it makes. It discusses how the German state at the time sought to recruit as many soldiers as possible for its army. This effort extended even to Poles who had no prior connection to Germany. Nonetheless, there were already many Poles conscripted into the Wehrmacht, which is my point.
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They were not German-Poles; they were children of former German citizens, very often born and raised in Poland, citizens of Poland, and patriots of Poland.
