Emigration from Poland to Germany after World War II information
Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after World War II
(demographic estimates)
Background
1944–50 flight and expulsion of Germans
German–Soviet population transfers
Potsdam Agreement
Wartime flight and evacuation
German evacuation
East Prussia
Post-war flight and expulsion
Czechoslovakia
Poland (incl. former German territories)
Netherlands
Romania
Later emigration
Refugees in Schleswig-Holstein
Emigration from Poland
Other themes
Wolf children
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As a result of World War II, Poland's borders were shifted west. Within Poland's new boundaries there remained a substantial number of ethnic Germans, who were expelled from Poland until 1951.[1] The remaining former German citizens were primarily autochthons, who were allowed to stay in post-war Poland after declaring Polish nationality in a verification process.[2] According to article 116 of the German constitution, all former German citizens (regardless of nationality) may be "re-granted German citizenship on application" and are "considered as not having been deprived of their German citizenship if they have established their domicile in Germany after May 8, 1945 and have not expressed a contrary intention."[3] This regulation allowed the autochthons, and ethnic Germans permitted to stay in Poland, to reclaim German citizenship and settle in West Germany. In addition to those groups, a substantial number of Poles who never had German citizenship were emigrating to West Germany during the period of the People's Republic of Poland for political and economic reasons.[citation needed]
^Cite error: The named reference Janusz144 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^The Expulsion of 'German' Communities from Eastern Europe at the end of the Second World War Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Steffen Prauser and Arfon Rees, European University Institute, Florense. HEC No. 2004/1. p.28
^Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
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