Ethnic cleansing 1945-6: Czech and Silesian Germans, the Poles of Lviv. German doc, English subs.

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • Second episode of a three-part German series from 2001 which looks at the flight, persecution, expulsion and resettlement of Germans after WW2 and also, in this episode, the interlinked fate of the Poles of Lviv.

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  • @DaveSCameron
    @DaveSCameron Год назад +3

    I've been trying to relocate this jewel for a few years now, irredentism at its worst and the figures of 14 million people being forced out of their own countries is quite astounding. You're becoming quite the special channel for me on this platform and thanks again ☘️ #OurHistory

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Год назад +2

      I wonder if you have the other two episodes at all?

  • @vernicejillmagsino9603
    @vernicejillmagsino9603 19 дней назад

    John Paul lI visit Lyiv in 2001 what is now Ukraine was part of Poland when he was born

  • @Michael-lt4zf
    @Michael-lt4zf 2 месяца назад +2

    Palestinians still demand a return to their homeland.

    • @thekeegan985
      @thekeegan985 Месяц назад

      Palestinians are a primitive group of people who inly want to use western country's to there advantage. The germans from silesia are so far above the barbaric culture of palistine one can not compare the two in the slightest

  • @goodwifelucy5602
    @goodwifelucy5602 Год назад +5

    This is very interesting, but do you have the other episodes please? 😁

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Год назад +1

      It's an outstanding jewel and I'm delighted to have discovered it once again. ☘️

    • @majoresterhazy7012
      @majoresterhazy7012  Год назад +1

      All three episodes are on RUclips without subtitles. I made this English-subtitled version of this one. I am thinking of doing episode 3, too.

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Год назад +1

      @@majoresterhazy7012 Oh really, that's great to hear and much appreciated, obviously if you are able to find the time to share the remaining two I'd be more than grateful. Best wishes from Liverpool UK 🇬🇧

  • @bookaufman9643
    @bookaufman9643 Год назад +4

    Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Anybody can be a torturer and anybody can be tortured. It's a sick world.😢

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Год назад

      True and can be extremely challenging...

  • @manatee2500
    @manatee2500 Год назад +2

    These Guido Knapp productions might have their critics but they are also very interesting. Thanks

    • @DaveSCameron
      @DaveSCameron Год назад +1

      Indeed, I find at least some portion of knowledge from every series or episode on this subject. #OurHistory

  • @thesalansaloon9197
    @thesalansaloon9197 11 месяцев назад +8

    It says that it’s a myth, but Silesia was indeed an ancient Slavic region. It was inhabited by Slavic tribes, one called Ślężanie which is where the name comes from. Many ancient texts from many different sources documented them, as well as the archaeological and linguistic evidence of their existence. I hate how the minorities like Sorbs and Silesians are rarely mentioned in this history. So I guess I’m someone who rants in comments section now because at least people might learn that we exist. My family are descendants of these tribes who immigrated to Australia during the period of Germanisation. Some family stayed behind and became victims of this expulsion from the land which we have lived for thousands of years. Only because 100 years earlier they were victims of cultural genocide and forced to Germanise.

    • @micheleantonello3187
      @micheleantonello3187 8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, my Opa's family came from Bytom, Bobrek and other towns nearby. He emigrated to Hamburg before the war. When he got old I could not understand him "he is speaking the language of his childhood" my Oma told me. The Germans called it "Wasserpolnish", but the Poles could not understand it either. It is the dialect of Upper Silesia; it is distinct. They are lobbying to have it recognized as an official language. The priests and city officials conducted business in this language. Silesia was occupied by Czeks, Germans, Prussians and Poles at various times in history but they remain a very distinct group. They are still there and still speaking their language. When the Nazis came through at the beginning of the war (for the coal) they killed many Silesians. I remember stories of hiding family members from the Gestapo. There were quite a few mixed marriages between Catholics and Jews. At the beginning of the war they were terrorized by Nazis and at the end they were torn apart by the Soviets. It is amazing they have survived.

  • @marcinpe393
    @marcinpe393 3 месяца назад +1

    Silesia was always German

    • @kevinstimelsky673
      @kevinstimelsky673 Месяц назад

      Wrong!!

    • @orwell3590
      @orwell3590 Месяц назад +1

      “Two nations separated by customs and place (of residence), inhabiting this (land), the better cultivated land in the west and south is held by the Germans, and the uncultivated and bad land in the east and north is held by the Poles. They are divided by the most certain border by the Odra River, after the adoption of Nysa (Kłodzka), so that the cities on this side also use the German language and the other one uses the Polish language more often.„-Batholomäus Stein, Silesian geographer

    • @Peglegkickboxer
      @Peglegkickboxer 24 дня назад

      It was ruled by Germans but mostly populated by Poles and Czechs. Except during Piast era. Now there are no Germans except a small colony in Opole and Silesia is entire Silesian Poles.

  • @peterlisty4293
    @peterlisty4293 9 месяцев назад +1

    Germans should be careful in using the term etnic cleansing.

    • @Volkspanzer
      @Volkspanzer 7 месяцев назад

      Just because Germany lost the war makes the expulsion of the Germans Not valid

    • @Volkspanzer
      @Volkspanzer 6 месяцев назад

      And why? Its a fact that Germans were forced to leave their homes

    • @HashimyHuseini
      @HashimyHuseini 2 месяца назад

      Like you didn't ethnic cleanse eastern prussia and share it with papa stalin ?

  • @mariankoniuszko666
    @mariankoniuszko666 7 месяцев назад +3

    claiming that silesia was part of poland is a myth - outright lie and nazi propaganda - dont germans have maps of medieval europe? even name of wroclaw is slavic and that is oldest name of the place. berlin is slavic name for god's sake......