How badly was Poland affected by the end of World War II?

Question

How were the civilians of Poland affected by World War II?

Answer 1

Raped by Germany, abandoned by the West, given as a prize to a brutal Soviet regime, Poland had been ground to pulp. The one thing no one conquered, however, was the longing of the people to be Poles. That remains to this day.

Answer 2

First, look at a map of Poland in the 30's and compare it to a current map. If you can find an old Prussian to talk to, you may get a different outlook. Poland was initially divided by Germany and the U.S.S.R. and then switched hands during the war, with neither side having any love lost re: the Polish people. And then they wound up behind the Iron Curtain. And this doesn't even mention the usual devastation wrought by modern war. How many ways can one people lose?

Answer 3

Before and during WW2, what is now Poland had a large German population. They were subject to ethnic cleansing in which almost 2 million died. They lost almost half of there country to Russia and were given German lands to replace it. Of course the people that lived there had to be moved and new Russian settlers moved in. The country was occupied by Russian troops for decades after the war. As a member of the eastern block, Poland fell far behind western europe economically. It was like they were frozen in time for 40 years.

Answer 4

Very badly.

WW2 saw the partitioning of Poland between Germany & Russia. The Central Government province was converted into a ghetto for Europe's Jews before they were shipped to concentration camps.

Shortly after, the Poles were subjected to horrible fighting between German & Soviet troops.

The end of WW2 saw Soviet occupation which lasted till 1989.

Answer 5

during WW2 poland sufferd attacks from germany and the ussr. both extremely violent. when it finished things didn get much better, ussr stayed in the goverment and kept persecuting the opposition, catholic priests, etc. the communist economic sistem was installed. even after stalin´s death , during kruschev´s critisism of "stalinism" Poland stayed under a stictly communist goverment. only in 1989, after years of struggle, the "solidarity " movement was able to put an end to comunism in poland.

Answer 6

I think the citizens of Poland were positively affected by the end of WW2. They were badly affected during, but the end was a good thing.