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My mother was one of these expellees from East Prussia. I only spoke with her about it when my father was dying and I spent time with him, learning about his early life and what happened to him and his family during the war. My mother told me things that she'd said she'd rather forget and I'm sure there were things left unsaid. Because of this, I'd no idea of the terrrible situation they had to put up with. I've read a couple of books on the fluechtlinger and one of the saddest was about the orphaned kids, Wolf Kinder, living on their wits to stay alive.

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