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Eastern & Central Europe: Post-War Ethnic Cleansing of Germans

Written byVeronica Khokhlova
Posted 15 March 2007 15:48 GMT

“During 1945 and 1946 some 14 million Germans from Central Europe and the Balkans permanently lost their traditional homelands due to a ruthless campaign of ethnic cleansing,” writes J. Otto Pohl in a post about this neglected post-war crime.

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