German border town entices Poles to leave Brexit Britain
Görlitz, on the Polish border, believes it can offer 'the best of both worlds'
Goerlitz, on the border between Germany and Poland
Credit: Nikolai Schmidt/nikolaischmidt.de
Over Christmas, a number of Polish families living in Britain received giftboxes from a small town in eastern Germany.
The boxes contained traditional Polish dried mushrooms and Christmas cake. Full page advertisements ran in British newspapers inviting Poles to move to the town, under the slogan: "Welcome home. The best of both worlds."
It’s all part of a campaign to entice Polish people disillusioned by Brexit to leave the UK. Görlitz, one of the best preserved historic towns in Germany, is better known as the backdrop to films such as The Monuments Men and Grand Hotel Budapest.