I’m pretty sure poznan should be more German since many Germans were brought in a few decades ago, and after WW1 no Germans were deported, correct me if I’m wrong
RandomPolishCatholic on
One thing: most of what is showed as Poles in southern Prussia on the map should be showed in a different colour, as the land was inhabited by Masurians, which weren’t really Poles.
4tegon on
I don’t care what anybody says. In the long run Poland’s border shift to West was a good decision. If it didn’t happen, Poles would have way more conflict with Lithuanians, Belorussians and Ukrainians.
bluepillarmy on
The red bits almost perfectly match the post-Napoleonic Congress Kingdom
Rahm_Kota_156 on
What a handsome map
Nothing_Special_23 on
Jews composed some 15% of population, though they weren’t a majority anywhere except in few cities.
BlackCat159 on
I don’t think Poles were that widespread in central Lithuania, they mostly lived in cities, not so much the surrounding rural areas. And even in cities they would’ve been matched in number by the Jews.
FGSM219 on
Notice the outlet to the Baltic Sea. This was where the port city of Gdynia was constructed with huge government funding in order to acquire a modern seaport.
Gdynia is the birthplace of the fictional James Bond supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who was born there of a Polish father and a Greek mother in 1908 (i.e. before the independence of Poland, at the time under Imperial German control). This is not very realistic because the settlement back then was only a small fishing village.
MasterFlamasterr on
Poles propaganda (at that time) map to show that Lithuania and Prussia belongs to them.
kweniston on
Source to hi-res version?
Mother-Ad85 on
Im surprised to see that so many poles live in southern part of east Prussia
ChrissyBrown1127 on
I wonder why Poland didn’t claim the areas of Lower Silesia that was on the border with Upper Silesia below Brieg.
Not only was it one of the few areas of Lower Silesia with a Polish population but it also would’ve made a cleaner border aesthetic wise.
cocacolacovfefe on
Why is Poland even considered as “Western Slavic” (Or vice versa if you want, why is Ukraine and Belarus as Eastern)? For much of its history, Poland has been very heavily intermingled with Ukraine, Belarus or Lithuania. On the flip side, they have been almost completely separated from Czechia linguistically and geographically, but somehow they are in the same category as them instead.
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I’m pretty sure poznan should be more German since many Germans were brought in a few decades ago, and after WW1 no Germans were deported, correct me if I’m wrong
One thing: most of what is showed as Poles in southern Prussia on the map should be showed in a different colour, as the land was inhabited by Masurians, which weren’t really Poles.
I don’t care what anybody says. In the long run Poland’s border shift to West was a good decision. If it didn’t happen, Poles would have way more conflict with Lithuanians, Belorussians and Ukrainians.
The red bits almost perfectly match the post-Napoleonic Congress Kingdom
What a handsome map
Jews composed some 15% of population, though they weren’t a majority anywhere except in few cities.
I don’t think Poles were that widespread in central Lithuania, they mostly lived in cities, not so much the surrounding rural areas. And even in cities they would’ve been matched in number by the Jews.
Notice the outlet to the Baltic Sea. This was where the port city of Gdynia was constructed with huge government funding in order to acquire a modern seaport.
Gdynia is the birthplace of the fictional James Bond supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, who was born there of a Polish father and a Greek mother in 1908 (i.e. before the independence of Poland, at the time under Imperial German control). This is not very realistic because the settlement back then was only a small fishing village.
Poles propaganda (at that time) map to show that Lithuania and Prussia belongs to them.
Source to hi-res version?
Im surprised to see that so many poles live in southern part of east Prussia
I wonder why Poland didn’t claim the areas of Lower Silesia that was on the border with Upper Silesia below Brieg.
Not only was it one of the few areas of Lower Silesia with a Polish population but it also would’ve made a cleaner border aesthetic wise.
Why is Poland even considered as “Western Slavic” (Or vice versa if you want, why is Ukraine and Belarus as Eastern)? For much of its history, Poland has been very heavily intermingled with Ukraine, Belarus or Lithuania. On the flip side, they have been almost completely separated from Czechia linguistically and geographically, but somehow they are in the same category as them instead.
Strange how those arbitrary classifications work