Search for: [Abstract = "This article presents the historical and political conditioning leading to the establishment of the contemporary Polish\-German border along the ‘Oder\-Neisse Line’ \(formed by the rivers known in Poland as the Odra and Nysa Łużycka\). It is recalled how – at the moment a Polish state first came into being in the 10th century – its western border also followed a course more or less coinciding with these same two rivers. In subsequent centuries,the political limits of the Polish and German spheres of influence shifted markedly to the east. However, as a result of the drastic reverse suffered by Nazi Germany, the western border of Poland was re\-set at the Oder\-Neisse Line. Consideration is given to both the causes and consequences of this far\-reaching geopolitical decision taken at the Potsdam Conference by the victorious Three Powers of the USSR, UK and USA"]

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