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Primary Sources on the Free City of Danzig
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#OTD in 1921: Sir Richard Haking (Great Britain) takes up the office of League of Nations High Commissioner for Danzig.
#OTD in 1926: First detachment of Polish guards arrives in Westerplatte.
#OTD in 1920: Ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.
#OTD in 1931: Ernst Ziehm becomes President of the Free City Senate.
#OTD in 1918: US Pres Wilson's 14 Points. Point 13: "An independent Polish State...should be assured a free and secure access to the sea..."
#OTD in 1925: Polish post-boxes in Danzig found vandalized, painted in the colors of the former German Empire.
#OTD in 1925: Post-boxes for the delivery of mail from Danzig to Poland set up throughout the city.
#OTD in 1924: Danzig introduces its own currency, the gulden.
#OTD in 1920: Sir Richard Haking (Great Britain) appointed League of Nations High Commissioner.
#OTD in 1931: Perm Ct of Int'l Justice Advisory Opinion holds Poland does not have the right to a port d’attache in the Port of Danzig.
#OTD in 1925: Council of the League of Nations agrees to let Poland keep a detachment of 88 officers/men at Westerplatte munitions depot.
#OTD in 1921: High Comm rules on Poland’s legal status w/i Danzig territory. Poland & Danzig appeal to the Council of the League of Nations.
#OTD in 1934: Arthur Greiser is elected the new President of the Free City Senate. He promises that the Danzig gulden will not be devalued.
#OTD in 1921: Polish Community (Gmina Polska) established as an organization for all Poles in Danzig.
#OTD in 1934: Hermann Rauschning resigns as President of the Free City Senate.
#OTD in 1920: Convention of Paris, setting out rights of Poland in Danzig/rights of Polish citizens living in Danzig, enters into force.
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