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PhD researcher in historical political economy @Politics_Oxford. Co-host @spassbremse_pod. Unions @OxfordUCU and @gew_bund. Sometimes Edward.
Feb 22, 2022 10 tweets 4 min read
A CDU poster from 1980 referred to the "open German question," arguing that parts of Poland and the USSR which used to belong to Germany were still up for debate. CDU opposition to the modern German-Polish border was very strong all the way up until reunification. Kohl had to be convinced to accept Oder-Neiße and wanted "reparations" from Poland for relocated Germans but the US and USSR refused. latimes.com/archives/la-xp…