Who rules over the mouth of the Vistula rules over Poland better than the King of Poland himself.
Thus commented Frederick the Great of Prussia, who himself was a leading carver in the 18th-Century first partition of Poland. His words have not been lost on a 20th-century admirer, Adolf Hitler, who has lately demanded for Germany the Free City of Danzig, at the Vistula's mouth. Unfortunately for Herr Hitler, Poland's present rulers can also read and they showed last week in many ways that they too appreciated Frederick's maxim.
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