Polish population transfers after World War II
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Polish population transfers after World War II were large-scale, often forced migrations in which millions of Poles were relocated from former eastern territories and other regions as Europe’s borders were redrawn following the war.
Statements (62)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
forced migration
ⓘ
historical event ⓘ population transfer ⓘ |
| alsoAffected |
Belarusians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Germans NERFINISHED ⓘ Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ Lithuanians NERFINISHED ⓘ Ukrainians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cause |
Potsdam Conference decisions
ⓘ
Soviet territorial annexations ⓘ Yalta Conference decisions NERFINISHED ⓘ border changes after World War II ⓘ ethnic homogenization policies ⓘ |
| characterizedAs |
ethnic cleansing by some scholars
ⓘ
forced resettlement ⓘ |
| consequence |
cultural disruption
ⓘ
long-term demographic change in Poland ⓘ loss of property ⓘ social dislocation ⓘ |
| coordinatedBy |
Allied Control Council
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Provisional Government of National Unity of Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Poland ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1950s ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfGermansExpelledFromPoland | millions ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfPeopleMoved | millions ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfPolesResettledFromEast | about 1.5 million ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Operation Vistula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
expulsion of Poles from former German territories ⓘ expulsion of Poles from the Eastern Borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ repatriation of Poles from the Soviet Union ⓘ resettlement of Poles from Belarus ⓘ resettlement of Poles from Lithuania ⓘ resettlement of Poles from Ukraine ⓘ resettlement of Poles from the Kresy ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Potsdam Agreement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
bilateral agreements between Poland and the USSR ⓘ |
| location |
Central Europe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Galicia NERFINISHED ⓘ Masuria NERFINISHED ⓘ Polesie NERFINISHED ⓘ Polish eastern borderlands ⓘ Pomerania NERFINISHED ⓘ Recovered Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Vilnius region NERFINISHED ⓘ Volhynia NERFINISHED ⓘ Warmia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainlyAffected | Poles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | some affected populations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Holocaust aftermath
ⓘ
Soviet deportations NERFINISHED ⓘ expulsion of Germans after World War II ⓘ |
| result |
creation of a more ethnically homogeneous Polish state
ⓘ
depopulation of former Polish eastern territories ⓘ ethnic restructuring of Poland ⓘ resettlement of Poles in former German territories ⓘ shift of Polish population westward ⓘ |
| startTime | 1944 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1944–1950s ⓘ |
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