Kein Frieden mit Polen? Zur deutschen Locarnopolitik 1925
No peace with Poland? Concerning the Locarno policy of Germany in 1925

Summary/Abstract: The article undertakes – based on the already familiar archival sources and some more recent studies of the West European historiography – an analysis of the significance of the Locarno treaty for the German-French and German-Polish relations. The author emphasises that neither the German society nor the political elites recognised the loss of territories in the East, inasmuch as they did recognise the loss in the West. It was on purpose that the “Western Pact” concluded in Locarno, which confirmed the western borders of Germany, mentioned Poland only sporadically, thus facilitating the revision of that border. The author emphasises not only the political but also economic significance of the conference, as Poland was excluded from the agreements concluded there which pertained to the economic cooperation as well.

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