Photo Gallery Poland, Germany and the "Resettlement" Issue
More than 65 years after the end of World War II, there are still tensions between Germany and Poland. In a SPIEGEL interview, Polish historian Krzysztof Ruchniewicz speaks about the postwar "resettlement" of ethnic Germans, improving relations between Germans and Poles, and changing attitudes toward the German history of Polish towns and cities.
The controversial president of the German Federation of Expellees (BdV) Erika Steinbach has attracted criticism over comments regarding Poland's role in starting World War II.
Foto: Michael Probst/ AP
Marshal Józef Pilsudski was leader of Poland after World War I and espoused the multicultural "Jagiellonian" concept.
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