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Poland has seen a lot of divisions, why are they still visible today?

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Sources: the wrong source is shown on screen at 06:15, it should be this one: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3173648

Adam Zamoyski, 'Poland: A history' (2015).

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Sascha O. Becker et al., “Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers,” SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3173648.

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