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The Ger­man con­sti­tu­ti­on has gua­ran­teed poli­ti­cal­ly per­se­cu­ted peo­p­le the right to asyl­um sin­ce 1949. With the sig­ning of the Gen­e­va Refu­gee Con­ven­ti­on in 1951, West Ger­ma­ny also pro­mi­sed pro­tec­tion to all tho­se who­se life or free­dom is threa­ten­ed becau­se of […]

In the cour­se of the Ger­man inva­si­on of the Soviet Uni­on, more than five mil­li­on Soviet sol­diers fell into cap­ti­vi­ty, more than half of whom would not sur­vi­ve the war.1 In addi­ti­on to the tens of thou­sands shot imme­dia­te­ly after […]

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