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Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask  a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

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George



May 12, 05 - 1:30 AM
Germans in Poland after 1945

I've just discovered that I had German relatives in a small town called Betsche before the second world war. The town is now Polish. Would the family still be there?

Did many germans remain after the borders were changed in 1945, and Germany became Poland? Where did they go?
Jan



May 14th, 2005 - 12:07 AM
Re: Germans in Poland after 1945

Betsche is now called Pszczew. The population of the town is now entirely Polish. Before 1945 it was entirely German. When the Russians approached in 1945 most of the population fled their houses and were never able to return. Those that remained were either killed or were expelled. The borders were redrawn and Germany became Poland.

Most likely your relatives are now somewhere in Germany, i.e. West of the Oder (Odra) river.
Marian



May 14th, 2005 - 11:47 PM
Re: Germans in Poland after 1945

Small number of Germans remained in some areas given to Poland in 1945. Most left.


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