HC Deb 14 March 1945 vol 409 c203
1. Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the number of Germans living in the Free City of Danzig prior to the war; and what proportion they bore to the whole population.

The Secretary of State for Foreiģn Affairs (Mr. Eden)

The last official census was in 1929, when the total population of the Free City was 408,000. At that time, the number of Polish-speaking persons was estimated at about 10,000.