Kevin_Kennedy
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I hate articles that assume I'm stupid. Who says this is something I haven't heard of? The problem of displaced persons was a big issue after the war. The article also ignores that many were DPs by choice, preferring not to live under Soviet rule.
These both strike me as shallow critiques. Who cares what he titled his article? And the article wasn't about the people who left by choice, but those who were forced out against their will. Could he have mentioned it? Sure, but it wasn't the focus of the article so the omission isn't all that serious.
The aftermath of a war in which 50 million people were killed was bound to be unpleasant. Especially for the people of the nation that started the war. How many of the Germans would have survived staying where they were?
I find it hard to drum up moral outrage for the people that completely ignored the horrors that their fellow countrymen were committing. Yes, there was injustice committed against these people, but it pales in comparison with the injustices they allowed in their names.
Their fellow countrymen? These people lived in Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe. They were simply of German descent, but I see no reason why that means they're guilty of all the crimes committed by other Germans and not themselves.