Hi, from what I heard from a child of a Czech/German marriage, was that her father had visited the area and married a local. Later the Kaiser saw how much of this was going on that they were encouraging German citizens to move into the area so that at some point in the future there would be a large number in the area and they would vote to be united with Germany. That's what I heard! Emil ---------- > From: James Birkholz <birchwd@CONNECT.NET> > To: GEN-SLAVIC@MAIL.EWORLD.COM > Subject: sources for info on history of Germans in Poznan > Date: Friday, May 16, 1997 11:49 PM > > Have questions about the specifics of how and why Germans settled in > Poznan, and the local histories of towns affected by this. > Can anyone point me to sources for answers? > Thanks, James