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The Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact, Michael Adam Zurowski

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The Polish-German Non-Aggression Pact, as signed by Joseph Lipski, the Polish Ambassador in Berlin and Baron von Neursth, Hitler's Foreign Minister marked the turning point in the relations between the reconstructed Polish Republic and post-Versailles Germany. For those who had been accustomed to a cooperative Polish policy with the French Republic and the League of Nations, this agreement seemed to be a volte-face on the part of the Warsaw towards the League's collective security system. Critics denounced the Polish decision as appeasement to the forces of revisionism.