Книга: Poles in Germany: Poles, Germany, Polonia, Union of Poles in Germany, Congress of Polonia in Germany, Polish Name, Ruhr, Silesians, West Prussia

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Poles in Germany, or the Polish community in Germany, is the second largest Polonia in the world and the biggest in Europe. Estimations of the number of Poles living in Germany vary from 384,808 Poles with exclusively Polish citizenship to about 2 million and with up to three million people living that might be of Polish descent, although many of them have lost their ancestors' identity. The main Polonia organization in Germany are the Union of Poles in Germany and Congress of Polonia in Germany. Polish surnames are relatively common in Germany, especially in the Ruhr area (Ruhr Poles) and among Silesians.