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Re:Stolperstein by gpjanik on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:01AM (#31807950)
The people who have been living there pre-WW2 were deported or killed. The Poles, other than very very few, who live there now are not descendants of the "original" Polish minority in Germany.
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Re:Stolperstein by keiferski on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:03AM (#31807956)
Incorrect.

> It is estimated that in modern times, some 150,000 inhabitants of the Ruhr Area (out of roughly five million) are of Polish descent.

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Re:Stolperstein by legulere on Monday June 20, 2022 @07:59AM (#31809236)
Those lost their polish identity though.
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