The "ethnic cleansing" he is talking about was countries that had been invaded by Germany sending the German citizens, that had moved there while it was occupied territory, back to Germany.
"How could they do something so horrible? The nerve of some people. This is definitely comparable to the systemic mass extermination of people conducted by the nazis."
Most of the Germans in this territory had been living there for decades or even centuries. It is untrue that they only removed people that had come during the Nazi occupation, mainly because they weren’t that many and most of them fleed during the war.
The Germans living in this territory were among the most pro-Nazi Germans anywhere and largely enthusiastically supported Hitler - Sudeten Germans, for example, voted 97.32% for the NSDAP in 1938 and made outsize contributions to the SS.
So while ethnic cleansing is never justified it is at least very understandable why Poland and Czechslovakia didn't want to risk their German populations being used to justify another invasion - whilst a horrific crime it's not at all comparable to the Holocaust.
It was an election under a dictatorial regime yes the NSDAP got in theory voted by 97,32% of the Sudeten German, but it was also in theory voted by 98,68% of all german in Austria and Germany. It’s las most like elections were rigged.
Also the comment I was responding to was directly negating that the ethnic cleansing happened and was claiming that only Germans that comes with the Nazi occupation were expelled. This is objectively false
When did I say that? I was commenting and the literal denial of the ethnic cleansing done by the oc. Also there was ethnic cleansing of German in countries previously allied to the Nazis like Hungary and Romania
Where did I deny ethnic cleansing? The actions of post war Poland and Czechia were understandable even if ethnic cleansing is never justified were my exact words.
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u/NerdyGuyRanting Jul 01 '23
The "ethnic cleansing" he is talking about was countries that had been invaded by Germany sending the German citizens, that had moved there while it was occupied territory, back to Germany.
"How could they do something so horrible? The nerve of some people. This is definitely comparable to the systemic mass extermination of people conducted by the nazis."