One-third of contemporary lands claimed by Poland were taken from [[Germany]] and gifted to the Polish People's Republic by Soviet dictator [[Joseph Stalin]] after a period of mass deportation of the Germans resident there at the end of [[World War II]]. | One-third of contemporary lands claimed by Poland were taken from [[Germany]] and gifted to the Polish People's Republic by Soviet dictator [[Joseph Stalin]] after a period of mass deportation of the Germans resident there at the end of [[World War II]]. |