I know that at the end of WW II, millions of Germans/ethnic Germans that were scattered throughout Europe, mainly Eastern Europe, were forcibly moved to Germany proper which at the end of WW II was 25% smaller. Now what I did not know and which is not known much outside of Germany is that these Germans and ethnic Germans, mostly civilians, were put through the meat grinder. Kids were also thrown into the meat grinder. In Czechoslovakia they were targeted. Czechoslovakia, the land of friendly people, turned vicious on the ethnic Germans. Then there was Poland which had to deal with the 16 million leftover German civilians that had moved in. Some were treated like the Jewish Europeans had been treated in German. The Germans were even sent to the same places the Germans had kept the Jewish Europeans.
Now I understand that much of this was pay back from the people who had suffered or had had there families eliminated by the Germans during occupation. The Germans had done many atrocities during the war. But including in these attacks against ethnic Germans were some Germans who were not fascist and had fought the fascist.
So what do you think. Should the victors had been a little more civilized when it came to the Germans civilians or not. Looking back from the 21 century, we all agree this should never have happened and it should have been stopped. But if you had gone through the German occupation, especially back then, would you still think the same way.
The lesson from all this is keep your politicians on a thick short lease since the things they do can come back and bite you hard even though you and your fellow compatriots had no input in any decision they made. Unfortunately, the Germans learned this lesson the hard way.
