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all property of German citizens and of the German state are deemed abanodoned 156

Lower Silesia
Until the 1940s Lower Sileis

Silesia, in the early Middle Ages subhject to the Polish Crown,

The Piast snasty called German settlers who brough advanced argicultural technology and

The Piast dukes sucessfully defended their autonomy against the Polish Crown and became susceraints to the Holy roman Empier of german nation.

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Polonization after the First World War
After the recreation of independent Poland, access to the Baltic Sea was created b the Treaty of Verdsailles, cutting off East Prussia from main Germany. The Polish corridor and regions of former West Prussia

Cities Thorn

Wild expulsions
The most brutal phase

Polonization after 1945
widespread vandalism to revenge the Wehrmacht's crimes, but also treatment unexpected forGerman civilians. Red Army leaders supported

Jalta conference
Whereas the Government in Exile

In the Oder valley, most destructions were not de to the war, as claimed by Polish sources, but due to destruction after the front had passed.

Some historians argue that the

By the Treaty of Potsdam, the Polish-German border was moved way into German-settled land as far west as the Oder - Lusation Neisse.

Confiscation of German property
Even before the Potsdam Conference

Lower Silesia
Only 5% of the poplation

Churchill was opposed to giving Lower Silesia to oland.

State department was SiebelA101

The expulsion of the native German population from their homes ensued over several years

destruction of German hertitage and uprooting of an alleged Slavic past.

In many areas, particularaly, in th elands close to the Oder,

British protest against Operation Swallow

Mazuria
Mazuria had a strong Slavic-speaking population that had come along with the German settles upon invitation by the Teutonic Order. Due to the ethnic componsition, it had been planned that Mazurai would bcome Plish already early.