Un problème de politique Européenne : Dantzig
A Problem of European Politics: Gdańsk

Author(s): Ernst Ziehm
Subject(s): Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Keywords: Dantzig; Danzig; Gdańsk;
Summary/Abstract: It is an honor for me to be allowed to speak in a publication of the Carnegie Institute on the subject formulated above. The Carnegie Institute, by its destination and by its action, serves the goals of peace and all that can avoid a new war. The Free City of Danzig, which was constituted as an independent state under the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, is placed under the protection of the League of Nations. The League of Nations is itself destined to serve peace between peoples. This is why the purpose of clearly exposing the Danzig problem in a publication of the Carnegie Institute does not need to be particularly justified. If I am allowed to speak, I owe it to my official position as head of the government of the Free State of Danzig. But the fact that I was born in the territory of the Free State and that my family owned and still owns landed properties in this territory, and in the so-called "Polish Corridor", additionally gives me a right to express myself on the issues concerning my homeland.

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