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The Treaty of Warsaw () is a treaty between West Germany and the People's Republic of Poland. It was signed on December 7, 1970 and ratified by the German Bundestag on May 17, 1972.
In the treaty, both sides committed themselves to nonviolence and accepted the existing border - the Oder-Neisse line. This was a very sensitive topic at the time as Poland was afraid that one day a German government would lay to claim to some of the territory Germany lost after World War II.
Chancellor Willy Brandt was heavily criticized by the conservative CDU/CSU opposition, which indeed were in favour of such a claim, accusing him of abandoning German interests. The Oder-Neisse line was reaffirmed by a reunited Germany in the German-Polish Border Treaty, signed on 14 November 1990.
See also
External links
- Wording of the treaty (PDF file, )
1970 | German treaties | Polish treaties | History of Germany | History of Poland (1945–1989) | History of Warsaw | Polish borders
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