DANZIG’S PAST
CS’peciaHy written for “The Press" by KENNETH ANTHONY.) QNE of the’ big changes in v the map of Europe after World War 1 was the reappearance of Poland an ancient kingdom which was a great power in the Middle Ages but was carved up between Russia, Prussia and Austria in the late 18th century. The new Poland required access to a port in the Baltic. This was arranged by including within the Polish republic a strip of land known as the Polish corridor, bordered on both sides by German ter-i ritory. At the seaward end of the corridor was the city of Danzig. From 1455 to 1772 it was a free city under Polish suzerainty, but 150 years later nearly all the inhabitants were German. A compromise was therefore reached: Danzig became neither a German nor a Polish city (Poland had to be! content with the neighbouring port of Gdynia) but in-
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 30977, 5 February 1966, Page 5
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154DANZIG’S PAST Press, Volume CV, Issue 30977, 5 February 1966, Page 5
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