Les Conditions de l’apaisement Germano-Polonais
The Conditions of German-Polish Appeasement

Author(s): Casimir Smogorzewski
Subject(s): Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Collections / Digital Reproductions
Keywords: German-Polisg relations in 1930s;
Summary/Abstract: People who follow international politics closely are generally of the opinion that, among the national conflicts currently manifesting themselves in the world, the tension observed on the German-Polish border must be considered one of the most acute. Some foreign observers think that nothing can ever bridge the abyss that ten centuries of open or hidden struggles have dug be-tween two neighbouring nations. This view seems to be corroborated by voices which rise on both sides of the border, and which assure that the Ger-man-Polish antagonism, carved in the ground and rooted in souls, will always remain, at least for a very long time to come. // We do not share these pes-simistic views. We believe that the German-Polish appeasement, necessary for Europe and beneficial to the higher interests of both countries, is achieva-ble. But whoever is looking for the means and the conditions to bring about reconciliation between Germany and Poland, it is above all important to dis-cern the causes of the oppositions which divide these two great nations.

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