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Charter of the German Expellees (1950)

On the Refugee crises map as “The Charter of the German Expellees”

5 Aug 1950 — Expellee leaders meeting in Stuttgart renounce “revenge and retaliation” and call for a united Europe. Historians praise its restraint and criticise its silence on Nazi crimes and its claim that expellees suffered more than anyone.

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Turning point
Chapter
Expellee integration in West Germany (chapter 6 of Refugee crises)
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Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
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Map showing Charter of the German Expellees (1950), turning point in Uprooted: Refugees in Europe 1945–1960 and Indochina 1975–1990
TURNING POINT · UPROOTED: REFUGEES IN EUROPE 1945–1960 AND INDOCHINA 1975–1990

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