The starting point of this book is the events taking
place in the eastern German provinces after the
military collapse of the German army in 1944 and
onwards. German civilians fled or were expelled from
the areas east of the rivers Oder and Neisse.
In the wake of these events, a humanitarian crisis
followed. Many people lost their lives due to
military actions, abuse from the new power holders
in the form of massacres, mass rape and internement
under inhuman conditions.

Around 10-12 million Germans from the eastern and
southern part of Europe had subsequently to find a
new home...