• During the war: well known
• However, after 2 years: less known
○ 1945 : mass exile
§ 12million German-speaking
○ Political motivation
§ Punish Germans & increase the ethnic homogeneity
§ Soviet Union: undermine relations btw Germany & Poland
§ Britain: reinforce
§ US: keep from Soviet influence
○ Result:
§ 500,000 died & homeless
§ "economic miracle"
§ Excised from history book