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Berlin 1946, Pankower Güterbahnhof: Umsiedler benutzen für ihren Weitertransport die Eisenbahn.
(Foto: Wiki-Bundesarchiv. Bijschrift: ‘Berlin 1946, Pankower Güterbahnhof: Umsiedler benutzen für ihren Weitertransport die Eisenbahn.’)
“Na de Tweede Wereldoorlog wilde de Nederlandse regering niet alleen afrekenen met collaborateurs, ook Duitsers die in Nederland woonden moesten het ontgelden. Op 11 september 1946 lanceerde de regering Operatie Black Tulip. Doel: Duitsers die in Nederland woonden het land uitzetten.”
Between 1944 and 1948, millions of people, including ethnic Germans (Volksdeutsche) and German citizens (Reichsdeutsche), were permanently or temporarily moved from Central and Eastern Europe. By 1950, a total of approximately 12 million[6] Germans had fled or were expelled from east-central Europe into Allied-occupied Germany and Austria. The West German government put the total at 14.6 million,[7] including a million ethnic Germans who had settled in territories conquered by Nazi Germany during World War II, ethnic German migrants to Germany after 1950, and the children born to expelled parents. The largest numbers came from former eastern territories of Germany ceded to the People’s Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union (about seven million),[8][9] and from Czechoslovakia (about three million).
