Bonn – Warszawa – „SolidarnoÊç”.Dyplomacja RFN wobec PRL i „SolidarnoÊci” (styczeƒ–wrzesie 1989 roku)
Bonn–Warsaw–Solidarity: West German diplomacy’s relations with the People’s

Summary/Abstract: In the late 1980s, the diplomacy of the Federal Republic of Germany had to confront long-term problems which had existed long before the emergence of mass opposition in the People’s Republic of Poland. For West Germany, Poland was not the most important player in relations with the eastern bloc; for obvious reasons, the German Democratic Republic was of paramount importance. From the perspective of Bonn, the most key issues in contacts with Warsaw were: the troubled legacy of World War II, the problem of borders, the German minority in Poland, and economic relations, particularly in the context of Poland’s debt. Even the turbulent events of 1989, with Poland’s systemic transformation and the fall of the Berlin wall, did not initially affect this list of key issues.

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