Die Deutschen im Osten Europas. Die Geschichte der deutschen Ostgebiete: Ostpreussen, Westpreussen

Germans in the East: of shopkeepers, soldiers and refugeesSince the Middle Ages, Eastern Europe has also been home to many Germans. They settled in the Baltic regions, in East Prussia, Silesia and on the lower reaches of the Danube and Volga, mostly in peaceful neighborhood with the Poles, Czechs, Balts and Hungarians - until the Second World War led to their flight and expulsion. Together with historians, SPIEGEL authors have gone on the trail of the German settlers, whose history connects the Germans with the peoples of Eastern Europe to this day.