the expelling of ethnic Germans in many parts of Europe in and after World War 2

[Zebra]

this topic is not often talked about, not even in Germany.

what do you know about it?

 

[Zebra]

many talk about the war

but not about this topic

 

[Zebra]

countries that expelled Germans would be a long list ....

Poland
Russia
Hungary ....
.....


etc ....

 

[martybegan]

this topic is not often talked about, not even in Germany.

what do you know about it?

It was the Final Solution to the German Question.

 

[Zebra]

what was the German question?

 

[martybegan]

what was the German question?

German Minority populations outside German Majority Countries.

 

[Zebra]

German Minority populations outside German Majority Countries.

a consequence of the unfair Versailles treaty

 

[martybegan]

a consequence of the unfair Versailles treaty

German populations outside Germany and Austria were there before WWI.

And sorry, but if Germany had won do you think the treaty they imposed on France would be any different?

Look at the Treaty of Brest-Livtosk as an example of what they would be looking for.

The mistakes at Versailles were the limiting of the Germany military by too much, and the too heavy reparations. The territorial changes were actually pretty fair to Germany.

 

[Meathead]

this topic is not often talked about, not even in Germany.

what do you know about it?

In CZ, I know a lot. Many of the Sudeten Germans were Nazi scum, the rest were collateral damage.

 

[Zebra]

German populations outside Germany and Austria were there before WWI.

And sorry, but if Germany had won do you think the treaty they imposed on France would be any different?

Look at the Treaty of Brest-Livtosk as an example of what they would be looking for.

The mistakes at Versailles were the limiting of the Germany military by too much, and the too heavy reparations. The territorial changes were actually pretty fair to Germany.

let us agree to disagree

 

[Zebra]

from 1944 to about 1950 Germans were victims to a genocide

 

[Zebra]

the crimes of the Nazis are well documented

the crimes against Germans are hardly ever mentioned

 

[Deadstick]

the crimes of the Nazis are well documented

the crimes against Germans are hardly ever mentioned

Yes there were crimes against Germans at the end of the war, but it is understandable with ethnic Germans in several Countries like the Sudetenland where the ethnic Germans had treated the Czechs like scum, but it didn't make it right, shows how ugly war is.

 

[Zebra]

my point is this ....

the crimes that Germans did are well known worldwide

the crimes against Germans are hardly known, not even in Germany nowadays

 

[ShahdagMountains]

many talk about the war

but not about this topic

I met some Sudeten Germans in Poland (former German territory) They’d driven down by bus from Wuppertal, in fact they made frequent trips. Because they were homesick. One lady visited the house which used to be hers, now owned by Poles.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

my point is this ....

the crimes that Germans did are well known worldwide

the crimes against Germans are hardly known, not even in Germany nowadays

It’s true. The Russians were barbaric. I’ve seen and heard testimony.

 

[Zebra]

It’s true. The Russians were barbaric. I’ve seen and heard testimony.

and some Poles and some Chechs as well.

 

[ShahdagMountains]

and some Poles and some Chechs as well.

Don’t see many Germans around these days. The bus drivers, post men, delivery drivers, supermarket people, are all from “somewhere else”. The guy in Telekom was an Albanian speaking Moslem from Kosovo.

And last week the taxi driver was an Iranian with a British accent.