Nationality issues on Polish maps prepared for the Paris Peace Conference 1919–1920

Abstract

The military and political outcome of World War I, and the deliberations of the Paris Peace Conference, offered a real chance for the rebirth of Polish statehood. A key issue was the justification of Poland’s future territorial shape, in which ethnic issues played a significant role alongside historical, economic and strategic criteria.

Keywords

• nationality maps
• ethnic cartography
• distribution of polish population
• paris peace conference