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CHURCHILL, STALIN AND ROOSEVELT AGREE TO PARTITION POLAND ALONG THE SO-CALLED "CURZON LINE" ALSO KNOWN AS "MOLOTOV - RIBBENTROP LINE", AND TO GIVE TO RUSSIA THE EASTERN PART OF POLAND. |
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CHURCHILL, STALIN AND ROOSEVELT AGREE TO PARTITION POLAND ALONG THE SO-CALLED "CURZON LINE" ALSO KNOWN AS "MOLOTOV - RIBBENTROP LINE", AND TO GIVE TO RUSSIA THE EASTERN PART OF POLAND. |
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| PEACE ISSUE - JUNE 11, 1946 - TO COMMEMORATE THE RETURN TO PEACE | |
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BRITISH, AMERICAN AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS RECOGNISE RUSSIAN CREATED "POLISH PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL UNITY" AND CEASE TO RECOGNISE THE LEGAL POLISH GOVERNMENT IN LONDON. |
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POTSDAM CONFERENCE |
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER C. ATTLEE, USA PRESIDENT H. TRUMAN AND RUSSIAN GENERALISSIMO J. STALIN AGREE THAT GERMAN TERRITORIES OF EAST PRUSSIA AND GERMAN TERRITORIES UP TO THE ODER AND WESTERN NEISSE RIVERS WILL BE PLACED UNDER POLISH ADMINISTRATION. |
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| EAST GERMAN PRES. W. PIECK AND POLISH PRES. B. BIERUT SHAKING HANDS ACROSS ODER - NEISSE FRONTIER BETWEEN GERMANY AND POLAND ISSUED APR. 22, 1951 |
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 POLISH PEOPLES REPUBLIC AFTER 1945 AS A RESULT OF YALTA AND POTSDAM AGREEMENTS POLAND LOST TO RUSSIA 69,860 SQ. MILES AND GAINED 38,986 SQ. MILES FROM GERMANY. |
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 20th ANNIVERSARY OF GORLITZ AGREEMENT BETWEEN DDR AND POLAND CONCERNING THE ODER-NEISSE BORDER. N.B. POLISH EAGLE WITHOUT A ROYAL CROWN. ISSUED 1970 |
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 KING B. KRZYWOUSTY |
 PRESIDENT W. GOMULKA |
| 40th ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESTORATION OF THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN TERRITORIES TO POLAND. ISSUED 1985 |
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 ETHNIC CLEANSING BY 1946, 2,100,000 GERMANS WERE MOVED FROM THE NEW POLISH TERRITORY TO D.D.R., AND 1,500,000 POLES WERE MOVED FROM THE POLISH TERRITORY LOST TO RUSSIA TO THE TERRITORY VACATED BY THE GERMANS. |
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