'THE BORDER OF PEACE'. PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF POLAND - GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN THE YEARS 1949-1971

• Authors: Skobelski R.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The issue of the border and cooperation within the borderland was an important element of relations between Poland and the GDR from 1949 to 1971. The Oder and the Lusatian Neisse were the cause of unofficial controversies on the Warsaw - East Berlin line, camouflaged by an officially declared friendship and common ideology. The character of the Western border was determined by the Polish-East German relations in the borderland, which were mostly based on ideological-political grounds. Cooperation in the borderland consisted mainly in formal propaganda contacts between parties and state institutions. In consequence in the period under discussion it was impossible to develop processes integrating the societies on both banks of the Oder and Lusatian Neisse, whereas economic relations could only be maintained on a limited scale.

Keywords

EN

POLAND - GDR BORDER; POLISH-EAST GERMAN RELATIONS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Instytut Zachodni. Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego w Poznaniu
• Journal: Przegląd Zachodni
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 3(328)
• Pages: 113-144
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Skobelski R.

• R. Skobelski, Instytut Zachodni, Instytut Naukowo-Badawczy, ul. Mostowa 27, 61-854 Poznan, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA061614