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I see no reasons for Germans to feel bitter. Because for what ? All areas that German Empire lost contained Polish majority. Poznan, Corridor were gained by force from Poland. Silesia was gained by force from Austria and had rich multiethnic history. So why were they bitter. Should we seriously accept their bitterness right after losing a war with huge imperialistic goals and legacy of German opression ? Did they seriously expected love and acceptence of some German supremacy ?But, yes, the evil Germans had no reason whatsoever to be bitter at Poland.
All of the books and sources-including pro-German authors-state that overwhelming number of Germans left out of their own free will.you'd have know idea that hundreds of thousands of Germans left Poland immediately after the war thanks to a not insignificant amount of Polish pressure.
And you should know that hundreds of thousands of Germans in Poland were settlers officials or soldiers-all of them placed to dominate Polish population. Did they expect Poles to allow them to stay ?
A normal diplomatic tactic, I would be convinced if Ulrich Rauscher would be in the place of Stresemann though. Btw:what kind of agreement did he had in mind ? All two often I encounter here some bizarre proposals and claims of "good deal"-"border of 1914 but Germany promises Poles to protect them from Soviets" "border of 1914 to enforce self-determination of German minority over Poles, but Poles get to occupy Lithuania". You may guess what my opinion is of those fantasies.Moreover, note Stresemann's choice of ambassador to Poland in 1929, Ulrich Rauscher, who was a moderate and favored trying to come to some sort of agreement with Poland.
Perhaps as much as 500,000 wouldn't be opressed at all if Prussian and German hadn't send them there in the first place. This actually makes me wonder-did the German settlers ever had accusations against government that sent them to Poland for their situation ? It's a honest question as you seem to be good in this matter.and it is absurd to expect Germany to smile as its fellow citizens were systematically oppressed.
I'm not a big fan of Pilsudski(actually IMHO he ruined Poland's rebirth), but your claim of abuse against Jews is amusing since he actually supported them and was hated by Endecja for this.(Although to be fair it's not like Pilsudski and co. didn't oppress plenty of Poles too. And Belarussians. And Lithuanians. And Sorbs. And Jews. Am I forgetting anyone?)
Did Britain or France plan to expell millions of Germans from German territory and settle those areas with French and British ?That's nice, but you didn't really elaborate on how this meant they'd conquer Europe or were in some way worse than the Labor Party or French Socialists.
Czechoslovakia, Switzerland comes to mind. And argument "Others killled, I only had them beaten" is not the best one.Again, while I admit there was some discrmination, I reiterate that Germany was by the most progressive state in Interwar Europe on minority policies.