Danzig become known as "the Amsterdam of the East", a wealthy seaport and trading crossroads that linked together the economics of western and eastern Europe, and whose location at where the Vistula flowed into the Baltic led to various powers competing to rule the city. [15]

rebuilt by citizens who called it Gdansk. The Free City had failed to fulfill its calling as a separate entity, but its value to Poland as a gateway to the Baltic remained unchanged. The Free City of Danzig was created as a compromise between Polish economic needs and German ethnic claims. The authors of the Versailles

Danzig was a major city in the newly formed State of the Teutonic Order in the 13th century. Its proximity to the Baltic Sea contributed to its economic prosperity.

This dissertation demonstrates, using the example of the Free City of Danzig (1920-1939)—a city-state that was established as part of the Treaty of Versailles to grant Poland access to the Baltic Sea and local autonomy to the predominantly German population—that encounters in

After World War I, Danzig became a free city under the protection of the League of Nations. However, the German government maintained strong economic ties with the city and the Nazis saw it as a valuable prize to be regained.