GDR

Treaty of Zgorzelec establishing Poland’s post WWII border with Germany signed 70 years ago today

A temporary border between Poland and Germany was made in 1945, but it would not become official until five years later. Public domain

Negotiations of “The Agreement Concerning the Demarcation of the Established and the Existing Polish-German State Frontier” were filled with tension with East German politicians refusing to treat the new border as a finality.

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