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Poland’s Western Border and Transfer of German Population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2017

Ludwik Gelberg*
Affiliation:
Polish Academy of Sciences

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 1965

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References

1 “Germany's Eastern Border and Mass Expulsions,” 58 A.J.I.L. 747 (1964).

2 39 A.J.I.L. Supp 256 (1945).

3 Aug. 7, 1945

4 In March, 1943, the United States agreed for the first time to the transfer of German population from the areas- to be lost by Germany: The President said he thought we should make some arrangements to move the Russians out of East Prussia, the same way the Greeks were moved out of Turkey … while this is a harsh procedure, it is the only way to maintain peace.” B. E. Sherwood, Roosevelt and Hopkins 710 (New York, 1948).

5 Churchill, in one of his speeches in the House of Commons, declared: “The transference of several million of people would have to be effected from the East to the West or North as well as the expulsion of the Germans because that is what is proposed: the total expulsion of the Germans—from the area to be acquired by Poland in the West and the North.” Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, Vol. 406, No. 1, col. 1484.

6 38 A.J.I.L. Supp. 8-9 (1944).

7 39 A.J.I.L. Supp. 103 (1945).

8 I.e., Peace Treaty with Italy, 42 A.J.I.L. Supp. 48-54, 58 (1948).

9 39 A.J.I.L. Supp. 107 (1945).

10 Ibid. 104, 248.