Population exchange between Germany and Poland post world war 1

Could a population exchange similar to 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey happen after world war 1 between Poland and Germany

What would be the impact on each countries internal development

What would be the impact on world war 2
 
Could a population exchange similar to 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey happen after world war 1 between Poland and Germany

What would be the impact on each countries internal development

What would be the impact on world war 2
I think Germans would highly object to such a measure. If this was a measure in the Treaty of Versailles, there could be riots and more violence in Germany and Poland. However, I do see this being possible in the aftermath of the Treaty of Trianon, with Hungarians being transferred to the new borders of Hungary.
 
I think Germans would highly object to such a measure. If this was a measure in the Treaty of Versailles, there could be riots and more violence in Germany and Poland. However, I do see this being possible in the aftermath of the Treaty of Trianon, with Hungarians being transferred to the new borders of Hungary.

Proportionately that transfer of Hungarians would be larger than that of Germans. I can imagine those evicted Hungarians will be a prominent force in Hungarian politics and they'll want to regain their homes at all costs.
 
The Greco-Turkish population exchanges occurred only after a pitched war between the two countries, one verging on the point of annihilation. I suspect that a structurally similar German-Polish population exchange would require at least a small German-Polish war.
 
Have these things ever been done without tons of violence?

I believe that there was one between Greece and Bulgaria which was relatively peaceful, but that was very much the exception that proved the rule. Don't dabble withpopulation transfers unless you're prepared for a bloodbath.
 

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I suspect that a structurally similar German-Polish population exchange would require at least a small German-Polish war.

1st question - how can we get a German-Polish War that does not turn into WWII?

2nd question - how can the war be both serious enough and yet have a balanced enough outcome to have each side able to dictate sending people in the other direction?
 

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Noscoper, any idea idea on how to get the right circumstances, perhaps the right kind of war, to get the results described in the OP?
 
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