80th Anniversary of the Expulsion of the Hungarian Germans

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Federal President Steinmeier and Hungarian President Sulyok together thought of the deportation of tens of thousands of Hungarian Germans 80 years ago. Many of them had to do forced labour in the Soviet Union. By Oliver Soos [more]]>

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The Hungarian Germans deserve a place in the heart of our memory culture. But even 80 years after the expulsions, their suffering is only mentioned in the shadow of German guilt. A commentary by Zita Tipold.

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Eighty years ago, Imre Nagy, the communist interior minister of the Tildy government, submitted a draft decree on the deportation of Germans to the Council of Ministers, which was adopted after a historic debate. By 1948, some 185,000 people had been deported to ruined Germany.