The Issue of ‘the future of Germany’ in the Activities of the Ministry of Congress Works of the Polish Government in Exile during the Second World War

Abstract

The article discusses how the Polish government in exile perceived the role and place of Germany in post-war Europe. One of the vital tasks of international diplomacy during the Second World War was to develop methods of avoiding new German acts of aggression in the future. During several dozen years Poland and Europe faced again the necessary task of deciding German affairs. It was the Ministry of Congress Works, operating within the structures of the Polish government in exile, that was to handle the issue of ‘the future of Germany’ after the end of the war. The establishment of that institution and the mission entrusted to it reflected the Poles’ serious attitude to that task.