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Sean Lester, a Belfast protestant and Irish nationalist, became one of Ireland's first truly international diplomats when, in 1934, he took up the post of High Commissioner of the League of Nations in the Free City of Danzig, a Baltic port which both Germany and Poland coveted.

The Nazi ideology considered mentally or physically impaired people to be useless individuals, "life not worth living" and a burden to the society. As the war approached the German Government took steps to rid the State of the burden and free the facilities for war-related use. In August 1939 8 000 physically or mentally handicapped children were exterminated.

Sean Lester, a Belfast protestant and Irish nationalist, became one of Ireland's first truly international diplomats when, in. . Finding himself in a cauldron of intrigue, Lester made strenuous and courageous efforts to frustrate the Danzig Nazi Party's attempts to gain complete control of the city and return it to the German Reich. Other primary sources used in the book are the National Archives, London, the League of Nations Archives in Geneva, Sean Lester's diary and papers and to a lesser extent German foreign ministry archives.

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McNamara, Paul,, . Publication, Distribution, et. Dublin ; Portland, OR. Irish Academic Press, (c)2009. Introduction Danzig : from Hanseatic Port to Free City, 997-1920 'The British period' and the fallout from Locarno, 1920-1929 The rise of the NSDAP in Danzig and the growth of Gdynia, 1930-1934 British and Polish appeasement : an overview, 1925-1938 Lester's appointment as high commissioner Lester's arrival in Danzig and the realignment of Polish foreign policy Election fever in.

Sean Lester, Poland, and the Nazi Takeover of Danzig. Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press.

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