The Emergence of New States in Eastern Europe after World War I: The German Impact

Ziemer Klaus ()
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Ziemer Klaus: Department of Political Science, University of Trier, Universitätsring 15, D-54296 Trier, Germany

TalTech Journal of European Studies, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 93-112

Abstract: After World War I, many borders in Europe were redrawn, especially in the northeast and southeast of Germany. Almost all political forces in Germany strived to restore the prewar German borders, especially towards Poland. Even Poland’s very existence was denied by many German political forces. The Baltic States were less important for Germany in this respect. Here the relationship with the Baltic Germans and trade relations prevailed. The independence of these states was in the eyes of German elite subordinated to the relations with Russia. The article presents this pattern of German policy until the Treaty of Rapallo in 1922.

Keywords: East Central Europe; “German impact”; German policy in Latvia; German-Polish borders; Treaty of Rapallo; World War I (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.2478/bjes-2021-0007

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