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    Ruhrpolen (German: [ˈʁuːɐ̯ˌpoːlən], “Ruhr Poles”) is a German umbrella term for the Polish migrants and their descendants who lived in the Ruhr area in...
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    Rhine, Lippe, Emscher Occupation of the Ruhr (1923–1924) Ruhr (area) Ruhrpolen: the Poles of the Ruhr Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office...
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  • but many migrants to the Ruhr were of Polish ethnicity, later known as Ruhrpolen. The United States, which had been the major destination of emigrants...
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    Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire...
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    Silesia, Pomerania, East Prussia and Posen to the Ruhr, who were known as Ruhrpolen since. The Poles were treated as second class citizens. In 1899 this led...
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    Polish). 37 (3 (141)). Osses, Dietmar (2024). "Ruhrpolen. Historie und Gegenwart einer "Minderheit" / Ruhrpolen. Polacy w Zagłębiu Ruhry. Historia i współczesność...
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    western Germany and forming a vibrant Polish community known as the Ruhrpolen. The Ruhrpolen were also subjected to anti-Polish and Germanisation policies....
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    of thousands of Upper Silesian migrant workers from western Germany (Ruhrpolen). Hugo Service regards the transport of these eligible voters to Silesia...
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    "Głos Pogranicza i Kaszub", "Dziennik Raciborski", "Ogniwio" and other. Ruhrpolen History of Poles in Konigsberg T. Kaczmarek "Polen und Deutschland. Von...
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