What does Bismarck's speech on the issue of the Poles reveal about his understanding of the German nation?

Title: What does Bismarck's speech on the issue of the Poles reveal about his understanding of the German nation?
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What does Bismarck's speech on the issue of the Poles reveal about his understanding of the German nation?
Bismarck's treatment of the Polish population of Prussia, and his consequent defence of that treatment, like his handling of Prussian Catholics and socialists, is of interest both as a problem in itself but also for the insights it gives us into his understanding of the German nation. Bismarck's "Polish Problem" speech delivered to the Lower House of the Prussian parliament is a result of the brutal expulsion from Prussian territory of some 30,000 Poles carried out …showed first 75 words of 2300 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2300 total…he experienced, as is dolefully expressed in this speech, would lead to disaster for the German nation in the following century. Bibliography: Blanke, Richard, 'Bismarck and the Prussian Polish policies of 1886' in The Journal of Modern history, Vol. 45, No. 2 (Jun., 1973),pp. 211-239 Pflanze, Otto, 'Bismarck and German Nationalism' in The American Historical Review, Vol.60, No.3 (Apr., 1955), pp. 548-566 Holborn, Hajo, 'Bismarck's Realpolitik' in Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 21, No.1 (Jan. 1960), pp. 84-98

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