A fifth partition of Poland began last weekthe partition of the soil. Throughout the liberated regions, the Lublin government confiscated all farms (except church lands) of more than 250 acres. Also seized were all lands belonging to the Polish Government in Exile, to German citizens, to Poles convicted in Lublin's courts of treason or assisting the Germans. Seizure of property belonging to the Catholic Church or to "religious communities" would be decided on later when a Sejm (parliament) was elected.
The confiscated land was to be divided into farms of not more than twelve and a half acres. These would be...
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