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The page is disputed, beacuse West Prussia was a part of Poland before WW2. Most of Germans from the area, were not subject of expulsion, but they were evacuated by German government. The main reason was the fact, that they were settled down in colonisation effort during the war and therefore they have no slight moral rights to call themselves expelled. The best example is Erika Steinbach. Cautious 19:54, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Yes, but that doesn't change the existance of the "Landsmannschaft Westpreußen" as a political organization in Germany today. So this is not a reason for Vfd or dispute-messages, but for editing it. -- till we *) 20:09, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I cannot edit it, because any attempt to NPOV triggers User:Nico to revert. Nico is well known vandal. Cautious 20:12, 24 Mar 2004 (UTC)
I put disputed message, since the West Prussia was not a part of Germany in 1937. Eon 07:38, 6 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- Pardon? I don't see the relevance. The name of the organization is "Landsmannschaft Westpreußen". And West Prussia was a part of Germany in 1945. Nico 22:19, 7 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Parts of Westpreußen were indeed a part of Germany in 1937. Some of what was left was transferred to Silesia, Pomerania and Brandenburg in 1938. My father was born there in 1935 and lived there until forced out years later. The land was Westpreussen, and all of his documents state that.
But I agree with the others; what's the dispute with factuality here? The organization does exist. There shouldn't be any dispute.
But there is a dispute. Part of Westpreußen was annexed by Nazi Germany, local Poles were murdered, imprisoned in German camps, illegally drafted into Wehrmacht. So the Landsmannschaft Westpreußen is in some way a post-Nazi organization. Now when the occupants are dead, their children continue to idealize the III Reich.Xx236 11:43, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
Sickening lack of factual history in some previous statements.
Much, but not all of Westprussia was "taken" by Treaty of Versailles from German Empire and "given" to Poland, who forced out many of the Germans and brought in hundreds of thousands of Poles, such as in the small village of 1 thousand people Gdingen, which after 1920 as Gdynia was built into a large military harbor city with more than 100.000 Poles.
So from 1920-1939 parts of Westpreussia were forced to be 'Poland".
West-Prussia, Prussia Occidentalis, was simply the western part of Prussia recorded for at least 1500 (fifteenhundred) years prior 1920.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.133.65.40 (talk) 22:36, 27 July 2008 (UTC)