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4 unusual facts about Union of Poles in Germany


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The Union of Poles in Germany also registered two more cases of destruction of Polish inscriptions, which were placed on the roadside crosses, at this time.

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Bolesław Domański, Catholic priest and representative of the Polish minority in Germany, president of the Union of Poles in Germany

Union of Poles in Germany

After the war, many members found it difficult to be recognised as ethnic Poles by the new Communist authorities, as some - like the Kashubians (grandfather of Donald Tusk is an example) - had served as "Germans" in the German Wehrmacht.

District III (Bochum), which covered Westfalia, Rhineland, Baden and Pfalz - 13 000 members in 160 branches 45% of the total,



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