%0 Journal Article %T The Impact of World War II on the Population of Gda¨½sk %A Bykowska %A Sylwia %J - %D 2019 %R 10.32728/flux.2019.1.7 %X Sa£żetak The article discusses the impact of World War II on the fortunes of the population of Gda¨½sk, which was incorporated into Poland together with eastern parts of Germany. The development of ethnic relationships in the areas described in post-war Poland as the "regained territories" was determined by the national idea. The German population was resettled, whilst the people of the Polish-German borderlands had to prove their ethnic usefulness by means of ethnic vetting. In Gda¨½sk, this applied mainly to the inhabitants of the pre-war Free City of Danzig %K World War II %K national idea %K deportations of Germans %K indigenous population %U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=335551