▁into ▁East ▁and ▁West ▁and ▁the ▁on set ▁of ▁the ▁Cold ▁War . ▁Poland ▁was ▁then ▁re leg ated ▁to ▁receive ▁her ▁share ▁from ▁the ▁Soviet - control led ▁East ▁Germany . ▁However , ▁even ▁this ▁was ▁at ten u ated , ▁as ▁the ▁S ovi ets ▁press ured ▁the ▁Polish ▁Government ▁to ▁ce ase ▁receiving ▁the ▁re par ations ▁far ▁ahead ▁of ▁schedule ▁as ▁a ▁sign ▁of ▁' friend ship ' ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁new ▁commun ist ▁neighb ors ▁and , ▁therefore , ▁now ▁friends . ▁Thus , ▁without ▁the ▁re par ations ▁and ▁without ▁the ▁massive ▁Marshall ▁Plan ▁implemented ▁in ▁the ▁West ▁at ▁that ▁time , ▁Poland ' s ▁post war ▁recovery ▁was ▁much ▁harder ▁than ▁it ▁could ▁have ▁been . ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Gi erek ▁era , ▁Poland ▁borrow ed ▁large ▁sums ▁from ▁Western ▁credit ors ▁in ▁exchange ▁for ▁promise ▁of ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁re forms . ▁None ▁of ▁these ▁have ▁been ▁delivered ▁due ▁to ▁resistance ▁from ▁the ▁hard line ▁commun ist ▁leadership ▁as ▁any ▁true ▁re forms ▁would ▁require ▁effectively ▁abandon ing ▁the ▁Marx ian ▁economy ▁with ▁central ▁planning , ▁state - owned ▁enter pr ises ▁and ▁state - control led ▁prices ▁and ▁trade . ▁As ▁the ▁West ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁grant ▁Poland ▁cred its , ▁the ▁living ▁standards ▁began ▁to ▁sharp ly ▁fall ▁again ▁as ▁the ▁supply ▁of ▁imported ▁goods ▁d ried ▁up , ▁and ▁as ▁Poland ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁export ▁everything ▁it ▁could , ▁particularly ▁food ▁and ▁coal , ▁to ▁service ▁its ▁massive ▁deb