Merkel: Centre on post-WWII expulsion of Germans plugs historical gap

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A new Berlin museum looking at the fate of Germans expelled from non-German territory after World War II closes “a gap” in the way Germans deal with history, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at its opening on Monday. “This centre has been the subject of long and intensive discussions in Germany, but also with our partners in Europe,” said Merkel, who was connected by video to the opening ceremony of the new museum, which is named the Documentation Centre for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation. She was all the more pleased that the ambassadors of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary …

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