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[–] superkret@feddit.org 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The Soviet Union was a fun place. People whose great grandparents happened to be German were put on a train to Kyrgistan and just dumped out onto the steppe.
The 50% who survived the first winter and actually managed to build up villages were later banned from buying or selling at the local market, forcing them into the black market to survive, which was obviously illegal as well.
But they weren't allowed to emigrate to Germany either.

[–] DrunkenPirate@feddit.org 11 points 11 months ago

In the 90‘s they were allowed. And Germany welcomed them.