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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2021 Klaus Ziemer, published by Sciendo
- ISSN
- 2228-0596
- eISSN
- 2674-4619
- DOI
- 10.2478/bjes-2021-0007
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
AbstractAfter World War I, many borders in Europe were redrawn, especially in the northeast and southeast of Germany. Almost all political forces in Germany strived to restore the prewar German borders, especially towards Poland. Even Poland’s very existence was denied by many German political forces. The Baltic States were less important for Germany in this respect. Here the relationship with the Baltic Germans and trade relations prevailed. The independence of these states was in the eyes of German elite subordinated to the relations with Russia. The article presents this pattern of German policy until the Treaty of Rapallo in 1922.
Journal
Baltic Journal of European Studies – de Gruyter
Published: May 1, 2021
Keywords: East Central Europe; “German impact”; German policy in Latvia; German-Polish borders; Treaty of Rapallo; World War I