Is it possible for the Ruhr Poles to be exchanged for the German Expellees after the World War II and be returned to their original land?
Is it possible for the Ruhr Poles to be exchanged for the German Expellees after the World War II and be returned to their original land?
Who are / were the Ruhr Poles? Were they recently forced laborers, or Polish immigrants to Germany from past generations?
If they were recently forced laborers and also had industrial skills that the Polish communists wanted, I would not be suprised if the Polish government could ask for them to be repatriated (even if they as individuals were not particularly enthusiastic about returning to Poland).
Not unless they voluntarily chose to go. What would be the point of forcably expelling them?Is it possible for the Ruhr Poles to be exchanged for the German Expellees after the World War II and be returned to their original land?
Not unless they voluntarily chose to go. What would be the point of forcably expelling them?
I also doubt if Polish comunist government had any way to force any Poles from the west to return home - including immigrates, war refugees, forced labour, POWs or soldiers of Polish Armed Forces in the West.