Autochthones

Military occupation Polish administration classified remaining Germans as Autochthones.

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Eastern Germany ,starting in 1945 came under communist military administration . The most north-easterly part , called East Prussia came under Soviet Union administration . It is presently called Oblast Kaliningrad.

The more westerly part of East and West-Prussia , Pomerania ,Silesia and eastern part of Brandenburg were given by the Soviet Union to Polish administration. Autochthones is the name used by Polish authorities to classify a group of ethnic Germans ,who had their homeland forcibly taken over by Soviet Union military by the end of World War II and years after. The majority of eastern Germans was killed or ousted . Some refugees returned and were able to remain, despite greatest hardships . They were forced to become Polish. Of the 1 1/2 million people classified by Poland as Autochthones a small percentage were Kassubians from Pomerania.

The following website gives some details on the Germans classified by Polish authorities as Autochthones plus other nationalities in the current Poland : http://src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/publictn/acta/16/alfred/alfred-1.html

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College Edition, Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language : Autochthon , Authochtons, Autochthones , autochthonic, autochthonous : native to a place, indigenous , aboriginal , earliest known inhabitants of a place.

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