Silesia. and so forth. which. until a final peace settlement. have been placed under Polish and SovietRussian administration. The other onethird of the total comprises ethnic Germans who have been citizens of various east European countries and whose families have often been settled there for many generations. some as long as 700 years. In addition. about 1.9 million refugees since 1945 fled from the Soviet Zone into West Germany. mostly victims of the Soviet terror. their numbers being continuously augmented by new groups of escapees. Furthermore. there are about 200.000 refugees and displaced persons of nonGerman nationality in West Germany. The expellees In West Germany are fully participating in the political life of the Federal Republic there. In order to look after the economic and social interests they have formed the Central Association of Expellee Germans with offices on the federal. land. district. and local levels.
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