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This article details the '''Polish-German relations'''. 


==Early history (until 16th century)==

(contracted; show full)], the [[Sweden|Swedish]] king, himself a fervent Catholic, the religious conflict emerged in the form of the [[Counter-Reformation]]. While the king swayed back and forth, he found himself between the [[Roman Catholic Church]], which brought its influence to bear, and his own misgivings and those of many of the nobles. At one point, the bishop called a congress to enact strict rules, but so many nobles opposed the issue, that the effort failed at the time. 

In the 1600s and 1700s, but especially after [[
tThe Deluge (Polish history)|The Deluge]] period (Swedish invasions), the freedom to worship that had been guaranteed the protestant settlers was gradually removed, and a number of their churches destroyed, appropriated or forbidden to be used. Protestants were even required to support the Catholic church in some places. The exact nature of the revocation of freedom of worship in Poland, varied over time and with the nature of the local nobles and officials. Some Protestant communities survived, while some others were forcefully convert(contracted; show full)==World War II and atrocities (1939-1945)==

[[World War II]] brought the brutal repressions of [[totalitarianism|totalitarian]] German state against Poles. Unspeakable [[atrocities]] touched every family in the Eastern provinces (see [[World War II atrocities in Poland]]).

==Post-WWII history==

[[Category:History of Germany]]
[[Category:History of Poland]]