The German Expellees: Victims in War and Peace

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Also by Alfred-Maurice de Zayas NEMESIS AT POTSDAM THE WEHRMACHT WAR CRIMES BUREAU

THE GERMAN EXPELLEES: VICTIMS IN WAR AND PEACE Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Translated by John A. Koehler

M

lSOtb YEAR

MACMILLAN

Originally published as Anmtrkungm zur Vtrtrtibung dtr Dtutschm aus dem Osten. © Verlag W. Kohlharnmer GmbH 1986 English translation © Alfred-Maurice de Zayas 1993 Original German version translated by John A Koehler Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1993

All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published in Great Britain 1993 by THE MACMILlAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-1-349-22838-6 ISBN 978-1-349-22836-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-22836-2

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

CONTENTS

Official Map of the American Delegation to the Yalta Conference

.

Foreword-Charles Barber.

. ix

Acknowledgments

xm

VI

Introduction

xv

Illustrations

xix

1. The Germans of East Central Europe

. 1

2. The Expulsion Prehistory: lnterbellum Years and World War II.

13

3. War and Flight. . . . . . . . . .

33

4. Allied Decisions on Resettlement

77

5. Expulsion and Deportation . . .

85

6. The Expellees in Germany-Yesterday and Today.

. . . . . . 123

Epilogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Appendix.

. 149

Notes

. 151

..

Bibliography .

. 161

Index . . . . .

. 171

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TERRITORIAL CHANGES LITHUANI A Perceni•Qi!' ot Getm•nt.

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----AREA IN SO MILES

POPULATION 1939 CENSUS

18.032

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~.812

24.844

835.884 4.851.497

'----PROPOSED ANNEXATIONS 8Y POLAND

10, 473

2.104.553

35.317

6. 956.050

Eost of Line 0 EoSI ol L•ne C

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NOTE

POPULATION AREA IN 1939 CENSUS SO MILES (Cumulot,.t Toto15) 14,766 3.406.613 21.578

4.2 42. 497

32.051 40. 157

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