Displaced Communities
Baltic Germans (over 150,000
displaced by Hitler and Stalin)
Germans of Yugoslavia
(over 200,000 expelled, imprisoned, displaced, emigrated, 98.5%
total)
Volga Germans (over 400,000 expelled
by Soviets to Kazakhstan)
Dutch Germans (3,691 expelled,
15% of German population)
Alsace-Lorraine Germans of France
(100-200,000 expelled after WWI)
Germans of Czechoslovakia
(over 3,000,000 expelled
and displaced, 95% total)
Germans of Hungary
(over 100,000 expelled, over
300,000 displaced, 88% total)
Germans of Romania
(over 700,000 or 91.5% displaced by Hitler, the USSR, &
mass emigration)
Germans of Poland, Prussia, Silesia
(over 5,000,000 expelled and displaced, nearly 100%) COMING
SOON
Germans of Russia/USSR/Ukraine
(nearly 1,000,000 to Germany and Kazakhstan) COMING
SOON
German-Americans in
US Internment Camps
(tens of thousands jailed
and blacklisted) COMING SOON
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1)
James Mayfield (Director)
Position/Title: Founder, Director, Lead Writer of all
essays, Chief Editor
Email Address: director@expelledgermans.org
Profession: Historian, Director of the IREG, Chairman
of the European Heritage
Library
Academic Credentials: Cum Laude BA in European History,
Minour in Germanic Studies (language and history), presently
finishing Masters in History before Ph.D. Doctorate
Research Emphasis: Islamic & European history;
German history; European and immigrant minourity regional/cultural
identities; comparative nationalism; comparative socialism/Communism;
ancient Germanic culture and religion
Languages Spoken: Fluent English & German; good
Dutch; moderate Czech and Slovak; limited Arabic and Turkish
2)
Bernhardt Schönfeld (Vice President)
Position/Title: Vice President
Profession: Historian, secondary school teacher
Academic Credentials: BA History, Minour in Age of
Enlightenment and Nationalism, presently working on MA History
Research Emphasis: European history, World War II,
human rights, refugee communities, Holocaust
Languages Spoken: Fluent German and English; limited
French and Italian
3)
Klaas Veldhuis
Position/Title: Editor, Researcher, Minister of Public
Relations
Profession: lawyer, researcher
Academic Credentials: Juris Doctorate, Bachelors Degree
in International Relations
Academic Emphasis: European history, German history,
Holy Roman Empire, law on citizenship and refugee status
Languages
Spoken: Fluent Dutch and English, good German, limited
French and Spanish
3)
Mikkel Harjonnen
Position/Title: Editor, Researcher
Profession: journalist, writer, human rights organiser
Academic Credentials: Bachelors in Political Science,
Minour in Russian History
Research Emphasis: Soviet Union, Warsaw Pact, impact
of Finnish Winter War, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, World War
II
Languages Spoken: Fluent Finnish and English, proficient
German, learning Estonian
4)
Władysław Czerwinski
Position/Title: Researcher
Profession: journalist, writer, archivist
Academic Credentials: BA in European History, Masters
in archival historical research
Research Emphasis: Poland, Poland-Lithuania, Russia,
demographic changes, agricultural history & population
exchange
Languages Spoken: English, Polish, French