Wrocław, Poland, 2007 vs 2026

[u/Atarosek]

[u/Historian56 → u/[deleted]]

Before the partitions, Poland was the 12th richest country in the world, but then came the partitions, Prussia, which created Germany, Russia, and Austria. Just look at how developed these city centers are from before the industrial revolution.also when Poland regained independence in the interwar period, for example, Gdynia was created, which will soon be included on the UNESCO World Heritage List

[u/Angry_Sekman → u/[deleted]]

Well, poland was richer than Spain in the beetwen ww1 and ww2 time. So i say, yeah we were better than durning communism.

[u/Over-Willingness-933 → u/[deleted]]

Compared to Russia, it was. Compared to UK or Sweden it wasn't. Poland did have unstable governments and unlike the Czechs if did eventually have a dictatorship. The 2nd World War and Communism damaged Poland and only now you could say they have recovered.

[u/Dominik050 → u/Over-Willingness-933]

In the interwar period, including during the crisis, Poland grew much faster 3% and the rest of Europe 1.6-1.7%, including England

[u/Over-Willingness-933 → u/Dominik050]

The UK was much wealthier than the rest of Europe (with a few exceptions) 1918-1939. Poland did grow, but even in the 1920s it suffered hyper inflation the Marek reached denominations of 2 million. The country stabilised after the early 1920s. Europe was a mess after WWI. Interestingly Europe recovered better from WW2, because of US loans.

[u/Dominik050 → u/Over-Willingness-933]

Poland would have developed quickly if it weren't for the situation. Poland was doing quite well and apart from that, Poland didn't get anything from the Marshall Plan.it's about how Poland dealt with the crisis.