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

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

By: Klaus Ziemer  
Open Access
|May 2021

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.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjes-2021-0007 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
Language: English
Page range: 93 - 112
Published on: May 26, 2021
Published by: Tallinn University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2021 Klaus Ziemer, published by Tallinn University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.