One of the ‘forgotten’ aspects of recent world history involves the Ethnic Cleansing of Eastern Europe by the Allies after World War 2. Reports and numbers vary with regards to the numbers of people impacted by this horrific, involuntary expulsion. Generally, it is believed that more than 10 million people were involved and as many as 4 million people were lost, killed, or died through the process of ethnic expulsion.
If your family is of East or West Prussian, Silesian, Pommeranian, Russian ethnic German or Polish ethnic German descent, and if they were living in what eventually became the Soviet Bloc, then they likely experienced some aspect of this Expulsion.
In an effort to share information regarding the Expulsions, the European Community has established a group intended to serve as a platform to enhance communication and interaction between European refugees, expellees and people who support their rightful aims.
You may learn more about this subject here:
- Ethnic Cleansing Discussion Groups
- Histories of the German Expulsions from the East
- Photo Galleries of the German Expulsions
- Blog Entries and Posting on Die Vertreibung (the Expulsion)
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