Abstract
Besides the usual frictions between neighboring nations, German-Polish relations during the 20th century have been fraught with conflict. As Germany pursued a policy of political, economic and national expansionism, tension mounted till the explosion in 1939 of the attack on Poland. German crimes against Poles during the war were followed, in 1945, by the expulsion of Germans from the land that, east of the Oder- Neisse line, became part of Poland. Tensions persisted during the Cold War despite a few attempts by dissidents to open a dialogue. Starting in 1989, German-Polish reconciliation could progress not just at the level of international politics but, too, in interpersonal contacts.
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