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My sympathy lies with the fact that the forced removal of a population is wrong and frankly, a crime against humanity - regardless of their national origin. (The US went to war with Serbia over issues of ethnic cleansing in Kosovo).
Even though these are Germans we're talking about, those inhabitants of East Prussia retained their fundamental human rights. IMHO, it is disingenuous to suggest that what occurred to the civilian population of the eastern German territories was somehow 'OK' and justified, while at the same time condemning the expulsion policies of the Nazi's.
I am not in any way condoning the Nazi government or their policies. What I, and the book A Terrible Revenge suggest, is the Eastern German refugee experience should not be buried and hidden away as' forgotten history.'
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