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Another 3.000.000 are Sudeten Germans. many of whom had been loyal citizens of Czechoslovakia up to the day of their expulsion. The remaining 3.000.000 are made up of scattered Germanspeaking minorities from the Baltic to the Black Sea. people who had never been German citizens. Their ancestors had migrated to eastern Europe to clear forests and drain swamps or to rebuild areas shattered by Mongolian and Turkish invasions. As the Red army swept westward into the heart of Europe. establishing Communist puppet regimes along its path. the long and fearful agony of these people began. They were deprived of their civil rights. stripped of their property. and finally herded into concentration camps or driven westward into the occupation zones of Germany and Austria.