Repatriation Of Poles (1944-1946)
Repatriation of Poles can refer to: *Repatriation of Poles (1944–1946) *Repatriation of Poles (1955–1959) See also *Expulsion of Poles (other) Expulsion of Poles can refer to: * Expulsion of Poles by Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries * Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany (1939–1944) See also Polish population movements from the USSR: * Polish population transfers (1944–1946) * ...

Repatriation Of Poles (1944–1946)
Repatriation of Poles can refer to: *Repatriation of Poles (1944–1946) *Repatriation of Poles (1955–1959) See also *Expulsion of Poles (other) Expulsion of Poles can refer to: * Expulsion of Poles by Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries * Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany (1939–1944) See also Polish population movements from the USSR: * Polish population transfers (1944–1946) * ...

Repatriation Of Poles (1955–1959)
Repatriation of Polish population in the years of 1955–1959 (also known as the ''second repatriation'', to distinguish it from the ''first repatriation'' in the years 1944-1946) was the second wave of forced repatriation (in fact, deportation) of the Poles living in the territories annexed by the Soviet Union (see Kresy Wschodnie). It should be stressed that the widely used term ''repatriation'', promoted by decades of Polish communist propaganda, is a kind of manipulation and refers to an act of illegal expatriation.Norman Davies, ''God's Playground'', Chapters XX-XXI, , ZNAK 2006 History In the aftermath of the death of Joseph Stalin and the start of destalinization, about 250,000 people were repatriated, including about 25,000 political prisoners from the Gulags. Notable Poles repatriated during that time include Czesław Niemen, Władysław Kozakiewicz, Lew Rywin, and Anna Seniuk. By the late 1940s, up to one million ethnic Poles remained in the Soviet Union. Deprived of al ...
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