• huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    there were sudeten germans, volga germans, danube swabians, transylvanian saxons, a thousand little medieval leftovers dotted all over the eastern half of europe.

    well, ok, danube swabians are from the 1700s, not the middle ages. they’d been brought in to repopulate lands left empty after 2 centuries of war with the ottomans. that’s settlering, but much earlier than the 20th century and IIRC they didnt kick anyone out to get their land.

    hmm, the volga germans are also from the 1700s. anyway, some of these communities were super old.