| The Planning The Toll |
| The World War Two Allied Bombing Campaign |
| Murder in East Prussia The Baltic Germans |
| Russia Bulgaria Romania Yugoslavia Hungary Holland France |
| Silesia |
| Death Marches and Massacres |
| Sudetenland |
| The Lost Coast |
| Re-education Occupation Starvation Rape The Women The Children |
| The German Problem: The Eradication of Ethnic Germans; Refugees |
| The Expulsions and Refugees in Several Parts |
| Soviet and Allied Plunder |
| Destroying the German "Will to Wage Future War" |
| Burning of German Books Re-education Censorship |
| Enslavement, Starvation and Murder of German POWs |
| Other Consequences of War |
| HELL: The Physical and Cultural Destruction of Germany |
| Full now, yea, more than full, behold our devastation: The frantic drum beat and the brazen horde, the thundering siege gun and the blood-slick sword Devour all diligence and sweat and careful preparation. The church is overthrown, our mighty men are slain; The town hall lies in dust, our towers burn; Virgins are raped, and everywhere we turn Are fire, plague and death to pierce us....heart and brain. |
| from 'Tears of the Fatherland' by Andreas Gryphius 1637 |
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