[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Der Spiegel article: Germans in EasternEurope (Engl...

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Very good explanation of what was so poorly taught when I went to  school.  
Danke
 
 
In a message dated 11/20/13 08:14:10 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
udo-edelgard at freenet.de writes:

Not all  Germans were expelled.
A lot of them remained in Central Europe. You will  find a chart in this 
Wikipedia article (Germans remaininig in Central  Europe in  1950):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%935
0)

On  the German  website
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flucht_und_Vertreibung_Deutscher_aus_Mittel-_un
d_Osteuropa_1945_bis_1950
you  can find the following numbers:
Eastparts of the German Empire:
Refugees  and expelled persons: 6.944.000
Dead and missing: 1.255.000
Remaining at  home: 1.101.000

Hope this helps.

Edelgard


> I  thought all Germans were expelled from  Eastern Europe after WWII..  ?