Repatriation of Poles (1955–1959)

The second wave of forced repatriation (or deportation) of Poles living in the territories annexed by the Soviet Union (known as Kresy Wschodnie) took place in 1955–1959. The widely used term repatriation, promoted by decades of Polish communist propaganda, is a euphemism for acts of expatriation. It is sometimes known as the "second repatriation", to distinguish it from the repatriation in 1944–1946.

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