Original sentence: Already in 1908 Germany legalised eviction of Poles from their properties under pressure from pan-German nationalist groups who hoped this law would be used to reduce the number of Poles in the East by force.Bismarck initiated the Prussian deportations of 1885-1890, which affected some 30,000 Poles and Jews living in Germany whithout holding German citizenship.Feuchtwanger as the precursor to modern ethnic cleansing
Edited sentence: Already in 1908 Germany legalized eviction of Poles from their properties under pressure from pan-German nationalist groups who hoped this law would be used to reduce the number of Poles in the East by force.Bismarck initiated the Prussian deportations of 1885-1890, which affected some 30,000 Poles and Jews living in Germany who did not have German citizenship.Feuchtwanger as one the precedents to modern policies of ethnic cleansing