Germany says it has a right to a homeland ..... In Poland ?

fadetoblack · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:26

Germany says it has a right to a homeland ......in Poland

www.telegraph.co.uk/ne...oland.html

look whose back!!!!!!!!

Is it It really the 1930's all over again?

Taken from:http://www.arrse.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=126934.html

jak731 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:28

working link?

orderoftheflame · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:29

Sorry
We cannot find the page you are looking for.

Time to start a business in pointy helmets?

EvilOne · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:30

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-homeland-for-Germans-expelled-by-Poland.html

this the link?

fadetoblack · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:31

Sorry

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-homeland-for-Germans-expelled-by-Poland.html

fadetoblack · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:32

Sorry

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-homeland-for-Germans-expelled-by-Poland.html

XPE · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:34

This will not end well

fadetoblack · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:35

The war is over for you English

Jono8 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:37

I see kyle...

Dj_Jestar · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:38

In 1945 millions of ethnic Germans were forced from their homes after a redrawing of the border resulted in their lands becoming part of Poland.

I don't see the problem, nor controversy. These people were expelled from their homes after the borders were incorrectly redrawn, and were expatriated purely based on their ethnicity. They should not have been.

vincent1989 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:40

oh dear, isn't this basically what they wanted as a result of the redrawings of boarders after WWI, they only wanted to reclaim the land that was rightfully theirs after all. and here we go again.

Burnsy2023 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:41

Dj_Jestar said:
I don't see the problem, nor controversy. These people were expelled from their homes after the borders were incorrectly redrawn, and were expatriated purely based on their ethnicity. They should not have been.

I totally agree.

utherpendragon · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:42

Dj_Jestar said:
I don't see the problem, nor controversy. These people were expelled from their homes after the borders were incorrectly redrawn, and were expatriated purely based on their ethnicity. They should not have been.

And who exactly is stopping them returning? They have a EU passport they are well within their rights to return.

Welshy · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:42

lol? Trying to start a hate thread?

The article says that the Christian Democratic Union says that when the borders between Germany and Poland was redrawn at the end of WW2, some Germans lost their homes as I assume Germany lost some of its land. They say this should have been condemned under international law.

The article even states that the government refused to give the woman who started this a post on somesort of government board.

Don't worry, there won't be a WW3...

Sankari · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:43

This is great news, those uniforms were so cool! My father was half German. Where do I sign up? :cool:

Welshy said:
lol? You've completely misquoted the story...

The article says that the Christian Democratic Union says that when the borders between Germany and Poland was redrawn at the end of WW2, some Germans lost their homes as I assume Germany lost some of its land. They say this should have been condemned under international law.

The article even states that the government refused to give the woman who started this a post on somesort of government board.

Don't worry, there won't be a WW3...

vincent1989 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:43

Burnsy2023 said:
I totally agree.

ignoring germany's policy on ethnicity at the time then of course there is no problem, the fact remains that germnay and it's people made life difficult for the polish and polish citizens of the time and rightfully so they were given reparations.

Germany has no right to the land or an apology for the loss of the land, perhaps they should question the reason WHY they lost it in the first place.

Burnsy2023 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:44

vincent1989 said:
ignoring germany's policy on ethnicity at the time then of course there is no problem, the fact remains that germnay and it's people made life difficult for the polish and polish citizens of the time and rightfully so they were given reparations.

Germany has no right to the land or an apology for the loss of the land, perhaps they should question the reason WHY they lost it in the first place.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Nix · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:45

Oh come off it Merkel. How many Poles did Germany kill compared to those displaced? Seriously, it's been a good 64 years of peace now. What's the point? The displaced people have settled where they have for over half a century, and most of them are perhaps now dead; let it go for goodness' sake.

Regardless, I really can't see the powers that be allowing anyone to stoke this fire. In fact, I also give the German public a little more credit than that. I don't think anything will come of this, but one does wonder why or how the heck the CDU thought that this would be a good or acceptable idea.

vincent1989 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:47

Burnsy2023 said:
Two wrongs don't make a right.

no, but then you're going back a LOOOOOOOONG way. the fact remains that germany was punished as a result of it's peoples actions. i know we're a bit PC in this country but if a mass murderer was released would you expect the families of his victims to apologise for his imprisonment?

Burnsy2023 · 1 Jul 2009 at 15:50

vincent1989 said:
no, but then you're going back a LOOOOOOOONG way. the fact remains that germany was punished as a result of it's peoples actions. i know we're a bit PC in this country but if a mass murderer was released would you expect the families of his victims to apologise for his imprisonment?

C'mon. Germany has had a guilt complex for the best part of 65 years about this. Your analogy is completely flawed also. You are assuming the victims are totally innocent. What the Poles did, whilst completely understandable, was not right. And Germany wants some recognition of this.