With the end of World War I, a new Republic of Poland emerged on
the maps of Europe, made up of some of the territory from the first
Polish Republic, including Wolyn and Wilno, and significant parts
of Belarus, Upper Silesia, Eastern Galicia, and East Prussia. The
resulting conglomeration of ethnic groups left many substantial
minorities wanting independence.
The approach of World War II provided the minorities' leaders a
new opportunity in their nationalist movements, and many sided with
one or the other of Poland's two enemies -- the Soviet Union and
Nazi Germany -- in hopes of achieving their goals at the expense of
Poland and its people. Based on primary and secondary sources in
numerous languages (including Polish, German, Ukrainian,
Belorussian, Russian and English), this work examines the roles of
the ethnic minorities in the collapse of the Republic and in the
atrocities that occurred under the occupying troops. The Polish
government's response to mounting ethnic tensions in the prewar era
and its conduct of the war effort are also examined.
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