Cika wannan jumla: Tare da yawancin 'yan kabilar Jamus ta Gabas ta Gabas, Masuriyawa da yawa
sun gudu zuwa yammacin Jamus yayin da Sojojin Soviet suka kusanci Gabashin Prussia a 1945 a yakin karshe na Turai na yakin duniya na biyu. Taron Potsdam na bayan yaƙin ya sanya Masuria - da sauran kudancin Gabashin Prussia - a ƙarƙashin gwamnatin Poland. An kori Masuriyawa da yawa da aka lasafta su a matsayin Jamusawa ta hanyar soja. Bayan 1956 da yawa waɗanda suka kasance a Poland sun yi hijira zuwa Jamus ta Yamma, kimanin Masuriyawa 5,000 har yanzu suna zaune a yankin, da yawa daga cikinsu a matsayin membobin 'yan tsirarun Jamusawa. Tsammani game da dalilan wannan ƙaura ya bambanta daga yanayin tattalin arziki da tsarin dimokiradiyya - kwaminisanci - a Poland zuwa raguwar damar dawo da Masuria zuwa Jamus.