Review article
https://doi.org/10.32728/flux.2019.1.7
The Impact of World War II on the Population of Gdańsk
Sylwia Bykowska
; Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The article discusses the impact of World War II on the fortunes of the population of Gdańsk, which was incorporated into Poland together with eastern parts of Germany. The development of ethnic relationships in the areas described in post-war Poland as the "regained territories" was determined by the national idea. The German population was resettled, whilst the people of the Polish-German borderlands had to prove their ethnic usefulness by means of ethnic vetting. In Gdańsk, this applied mainly to the inhabitants of the pre-war Free City of Danzig.
Keywords
World War II; national idea; deportations of Germans; indigenous population
Hrčak ID:
230816
URI
Publication date:
21.12.2019.
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