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Die Flucht mit 500 alten und kranken Menschen von Rothenburg an der Neiße --By on November 26th, 2009

Frau Strack
Original source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Mein Mann, Diakon des Rauhen Hauses in Hamburg, war bei der [...]

Die Gefangenen – Ab nach Sibirien (ZDF) --By on March 6th, 2011

Die Gefangenen – Ab nach Sibirien (ZDF – a documentary about German prisoners of war who were sent [...]

Die Gefangenen – Willkommen im Camp (ZDF) --By on March 6th, 2011

Die Gefangenen – Willkommen im Camp
(ZDF – a documentary about German prisoners of war who were sent to [...]

Die Grosse Flucht – The Great Flight --By on December 6th, 2009

The following German films from the “Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen” are very disturbing and unfortunately true. They retell and [...]

Die Gustloff (ZDF) --By on March 1st, 2011

Two documentaries on the Gustloff from ZDF (on YouTube).

Die Gustloff – Hafen der Hoffnung (ZDF)
Die Gustloff – Flucht [...]

Die letzten Tage – Januar und Februar 1945 --By on October 21st, 2009

Original Article (used within terms of Fair Use)

Der folgende Bericht beruht auf Datenunterlagen des letzten Oberbürgermeisters der Stadt [...]

Die Rechtlosen- Those without Rights --By on December 3rd, 2010

Flucht und Vertreibung (II): Die Rechtlosen
by OstpreussenTV
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Die Vertreibung der Deutschen aus der Tschechoslovakei --By on March 2nd, 2011

Die Vertreibung der Deutschen aus der Tschechoslovakei
Unfortunately, it is not easy or simple to find factual information about [...]

Does anyone know Tommy? --By on February 11th, 2010

Tommy was an English war prisoner who spent most of World War 2 with the Senger family in [...]

Egon Recht --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Nachname:            Recht
Vorname:            Egon
Dienstgrad:
Geburtsdatum:            23.09.1922
Geburtsort:
Todes-/Vermisstendatum:        01.07.1944
Vermißtort/Todesort:            Mittelabschnitt
Nach den uns [...]

Eicher Mennonites --By on January 1st, 2010

Source: For access to the original article on the Henss/Rich family sect of Mennonites please visit this Rootsweb [...]

Elbing Photo Galleries --By on January 3rd, 2010

New Photos added! Neue Fotos!
We add new photos to our “Elbing Damals” image gallery as we come upon [...]

Elbinger Adressbücher --By on May 31st, 2010

We are seeking to complete our collection of all known Elbing Prussia (Kreis Elbing Westpreussen) Address and Telephone [...]

Elbinger Schutzjuden --By on March 24th, 2010

source: courtesy Fred Rump
In 1783, Moses Simon paid 40,000 Thaler to the city to earn protection and the [...]

Protected: Elisabeth De Lagueripiere --By on February 22nd, 2010

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Emery Blouin --By on March 19th, 2010

The surname Blouin means blue as in a cloudless sky or like a calm carribean sea.
Emery / Mery [...]

Endkampf um Ostpreußen --By on August 22nd, 2009

Source document may be found at: The Real Blaze
Die Panzerabwehrschlacht südlich Gumbinnen
von Oberstleutnant a. D. W. Salomon
Die Panzerabwehrschlacht [...]

Erich Recht --By on August 19th, 2009

ZUM GEDENKEN
Name: [...]

Ethnic Cleansing Discussion Groups --By on November 20th, 2010

Recently a new Internet Expulsion (Ethnic Cleansing) Discussion Group opened its doors for business. If you are interested [...]

Expulsion of German Nationals from Neissbach --By on January 20th, 2010

Contributed by Researcher 230112
People in story: Thomas Fischer
Location of story: Neissbach, Grafschaft Glatz
Article ID:  A1070371
Contributed on: 06 June [...]

Expulsion Summary --By on January 20th, 2010

source document link
The results
During the period of 1944/1945 – 1950, more than 14 million Germans were forced to [...]

Filles à Marier –”Marriageable Girls” --By on September 2nd, 2009

The information contained in this Posting was sourced from numerous websites (all noted below) and is presented here [...]

Flucht 1945 --By on November 26th, 2009

Onkel Max und Tante Friedel
Dieser Eintrag stammt von Tatjana Littich
Original Source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Ich sehe sie [...]

Flucht aus Ostpreußen- Nina Schrader --By on November 26th, 2009

Eine deutsch-deutsche Familiengeschichte
Dieser Eintrag stammt von Nina Schrader (* 1982),
Wolfenbüttel.
Als im September 1945 die Russen von Osten immer [...]

Flucht aus Polen --By on April 27th, 2011

They said,
the war was over.
Still,
the suffering continued.
They were hungry.
Alone.
Afraid.
Father had never come home,
from Stalingrad.
Brother, an infant,
was dead.
Home was [...]

Flucht über das Haff --By on November 26th, 2009

Dieser Eintrag stammt von Jacqueline Kayser (*1988)
Ergebnisse eines Interviews mit Anni (*1926)
Original Source (used under Fair Use Laws)
Anni, [...]

Flucht und Vertreibung – Das Schicksal der Vertriebenen (ZDF) --By on March 1st, 2011

One of the most comprehensive documentaries on the German Expulsions & Flight from ZDF (on YouTube).
Unfortunately, it is [...]

Flucht und Vertriebung Gallerie (German Expulsion Gallery) --By on January 18th, 2010

Ich habe eine kleine Flucht und Vertriebung Foto Gallerie auf ManyRoads gestellt. (I have placed a small Photo [...]

Francois Belanger --By on August 19th, 2009

Francois Horlays Belanger was born on October 02, 1612; at Touque, Normandy, Orne, France; the son of Francois [...]

Francois Langlois --By on August 28th, 2009

Francoise Langlois was born in 1599; in St. Xiste,  Montpelliers, France; one of four children born to Guillaume [...]

Protected: Francoise Moisan --By on February 22nd, 2010

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Protected: Fred & Luise Marriage --By on August 25th, 2009

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French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840-1930 --By on February 6th, 2010

Source:
Damien-Claude Bélanger,
Département d’histoire,
Université de Montréal
Claude Bélanger,
Department of History,
Marianopolis College
Between 1840 and 1930 roughly 900 000 French Canadians left [...]

Frieda Senger -Suchdienst & Soviet Records --By on January 23rd, 2010

Today when I arrived home a letter from the Deutsches Rotes Kreuz- Suchdienst awaited me. I have [...]

Frieda Senger- Cyrillic Conversion --By on February 16th, 2011

As many of you are aware, I have been trying to decipher a Russian document that Soviets created [...]

Frieda Senger- Post WW2 Gulag --By on September 6th, 2009

As the Russians invaded West Prussia near the end of World War 2, they rounded up abled bodied [...]

Gerald Deyo --By on August 12th, 2010

Gerald Deyo was one of the first US paratroopers trained in Panama, during World War 2. After his [...]

German Expulsions & the Diaspora --By on November 1st, 2011

While doing some research for an email response, I came across a body of work related to Die [...]

Geschichte einer Flucht aus Heiligenwalde in Ostpreussen --By on October 28th, 2009

Autor: www.heiligenwalde.de
25. Januar 1945
Heute musste meine Mutter mit mir und meinen 3 Brüdern das schöne Heiligenwalde verlassen. [...]

Protected: Gillette Banne --By on September 5th, 2009

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Gulag Perm-36 --By on September 6th, 2009

Although, we now know with certainty that Frieda Senger was not interned in Perm-36 Gulag; it does represent [...]

Hansestadt Elbing- Videos --By on December 5th, 2009

Ich habe die volgende Films von ehemaligen Elbing gefunden…. viel spass!
I found the following films of the former [...]

Heimatortskartei gets personal --By on January 5th, 2012

Almost all ManyRoads readers know that my mother’s family was among those expelled by the allies from the [...]

Heimatsortskartei & a true history --By on October 2nd, 2010

By the end of WW2, the destruction of Germany was nearly total. Almost every city had been leveled; [...]

HELP: Deutsche Vertriebene- German Expulsions --By on October 25th, 2009

Hello Readers,
Because of the great shortage of information and histories associated with the expulsions of Germans from Eastern [...]

Hinaus in die Ferne --By on January 16th, 2012

It probably bears mention that my grandmother- Frieda Senger- was a woman of many verses.  So given that [...]

Jacques Guyon --By on March 6th, 2010

source “One Hundred French Canadian Family Histories” by Phillip J. Moore.
Most people of French Canadian heritage descend from [...]

Jean Bourdon --By on August 29th, 2009

Though Jean Bourdon was an important figure in the early days of New France, there is a lot [...]

Jean Cote --By on August 29th, 2009

Jean Cote – Was born on February 2, 1643 and died on March 26, 1722 in Ville De [...]

Jean Guyon --By on March 8th, 2010

source: “One Hundred French Canadian Family Histories” by Phillip J. Moore.
Jean grew up in the small community of [...]