Der zweite Kontext der Vertreibung. Sowjetrussischer Imperialismus und deutscher Exodus aus dem Osten 1945
Journal: Europäisches Journal für Minderheitenfragen
Year: 2025

The article examines the Soviet-driven expulsion of nearly 15 million Germans from Eastern Europe following World War II. Framed by the outcomes of the Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam conferences, it argues that Stalin’s policies marked a deliberate effort to divide Europe and enforce Sovietization on its eastern half. The forcible removal of Germans served as a tool for consolidating Soviet imperial power, transforming historical settlement regions into a communist core. The analysis situates these