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Old maps of Eastern Europe tend to use German names for cities - e.g. Breslau, Pilsen, Danzig - but modern maps use Slavic names - Wroclaw, Plzen, Gdansk. Why did this change?

by /u/fiftythreestudio in /r/AskHistorians

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