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Everybody* east of the iron curtain was carted around in cattle carriages. Both my grandmothers were and neither was German.

*not really everybody, obviously



Yes, it's definitely true the USSR engaged in forced population transfers and genocides, but I'm talking about the Allied (not just USSR) policy for Germans outside of the then-newly-defined German borders, since the USSR on its own is generally considered a 'bad' guy. The US and UK supported and endorsed what happened in this case.




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