Get 25% off Blinkist Annual premium! Start your 7-day free trial by clicking the link here: https://bit.ly/ThePresentPastDecember23 Poland has seen a lot of divisions, why are they still visible today? Thanks a lot to Szymon for his help. Check out his twitter: https://twitter.com/sheemawn and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kartografiaekstremalna Sources: Adam Zamoyski, 'Poland: A history' (2015). Tomasz Herodowicz et al., “Political Divisions and Socio-Economic Disparities in Poland: A Geographical Approach,” Sustainability 13, no. 24 (December 9, 2021): 13604, https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413604. Sascha O. Becker et al., “Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers,” SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3173648. Housing International, “About Poland,” Cooperative Housing, n.d., https://www.housinginternational.coop/co-ops/poland/. Kazimierz J. Zaniewski, “Housing Inequalities under Socialism: The Case of Poland,” Geoforum 22, no. 1 (January 1991): 39–53, https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7185(91)90029-p. Sebastian Stępień et al., “Chapter 2. Small Farms in Poland,” in Small Farms in the Paradigm of Sustainable Development. Case Studies of Selected Central and Eastern European Countries, ed. Sebastian Stępień and Silvia Maican (Toruń: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, 2020), 30–50, https://www.marszalek.com.pl/small_farms.pdf. The Economist, “The Eastern Wall,” The Economist, July 1, 2014, https://www.economist.com/special-report/2014/07/01/the-eastern-wall. Daryl Mersom, “Story of Cities #28: How Postwar Warsaw Was Rebuilt Using 18th Century Paintings,” The Guardian, April 22, 2016, sec. Cities, https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/ https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/apr/22/story-cities-warsaw-rebuilt-18th-century-paintings. Britannica, “Warsaw Summary,” www.britannica.com, n.d., https://www.britannica.com/summary/Warsaw#:~:text=Founded%20c.. UNESCO World Heritage Centre, “Historic Centre of Warsaw,” UNESCO World Heritage Centre, n.d., https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/30/#:~:text=During%20the%20Warsaw%20Uprising%20in. szyy, “Unemployment Rate in Poland - 2002 v. 2022 [OC],” Reddit.com, July 1, 2022, https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/vop5gk/unemployment_rate_in_poland_2002_v_2022_oc/. Gardawski, Juliusz. “The Dynamics of Unemployment from 1990 to 2002 | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.” www.eurofound.europa.eu, October 28, 2002. Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun! Every episode I show how history has influenced and made a thing, an idea or event in our present time. I make different content. You can find me on: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepresentpast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/the_presentpast/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/@ThePresent_Past Logo by: https://www.instagram.com/multicolor_junkie/ If you have an idea for an episode please fill in this form: https://www.dropbox.com/request/nMMMSpoNWUJHBIZ8hJRu