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


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

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Following the Russian policy in Lithuania and Ruthenia, which forbade the acquisition of real estate by Poles, and poor results of the Settlement Commission, the Prussian government forbade in 1904 the building of houses on newly acquired properties without special permission, which seldom, if ever, was given to Poles. This new limitation did not stop the efforts of the Poles to 
get hold on of as much real propertyPolish land as possible. To overcome the restrictions, some peasants followed the example of [[Drzymala]] and lived in houses built on wheels, in  this manner circumventing the spirit of the restriction. The 1905 census had a category that included wagons, huts, boats and tents as domiciles. The oppression naturally created an organized reaction. The Peasant Bank of Posen and its large number of local branches competed with the Colonization Bank. The German system of compulsory education, though resented by the Poles because of its policy of Germanization, increased the level of education of the Polish peasantry. The number of daily Polish newspapers and the consumption of Polish literature in German Poland increased. At the same time some German politicians expressed desire that Poles could be expelled from territories of Poland held by German Empire in the event of armed conflict[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN3110107767&id=_Rap55ZimykC&pg=PA35&lpg=PA36&printsec=8&dq=ostmarkenverein&sig=IBScuI7AMqXGmfZap9iVXSbh8HA].

==World War I and aftermath (1914-1939)==
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DurGerman plans ing [[World War I]], many Poles fou called for annexation of Polish territories held by Russia and [[ethnic cleansing]] of Poles from German occupied Poland[http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN9042006889&id=jXKk-gs-VNEC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&dq=%22kingdom+of+Poland%22+1916&sig=NjXAsXW-c7jn2mG-QckYol3iCoI]
followed by settlement of [[Ethnic Germans]].
Many Poles were forced to fight in the German forces, for the foreign case. Others prepared themselves for the defeat of Germany. With the defeat of Germany, it lost most of its territory in this area. While many Germans migrated west, especially military and administration staff, a relatively large amount of Germans remained, preferring to live and work their farms and businesses as Polish citizens. In general, Poland guaranteed German minority national rights. However, many German-owned estates were parceled out and sold to Polish farmers.

==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]]