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===Charter of the German Expellees===
The Charter of the German Expellees ({{langx|de|link=no|Charta der deutschen Heimatvertriebenen}}) of 5 August 1950, announced their belief in requiring that "the right to the homeland is recognized and carried out as one of the fundamental rights of mankind given by God", while renouncing revenge and retaliation in the face of the "unending suffering" (''unendliche Leid'') of the previous decade, and supporting the unified effort to rebuild Germany and Europe.

The charter has been criticised for avoiding mentioning Nazi atrocities of [[Second World War]] and Germans who were forced to emigrate due to Nazi repressions.<ref>{{in lang|pl}} Beata Ociepka, "Związek Wypędzonych w systemie politycznym RFN i jego wpływ na stosunki polsko-niemieckie 1982–1992", page 235, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 1997</ref> Critics argue that the Charter presents the history of German people as starting from the expulsions, while ignoring events like the [[Holocaust]].

Professor [[Micha Brumlik]] pointed out that one third of signatories were former devoted Nazis and many actively helped in realisation of Hitler's goals.

[[Ralph Giordano]] wrote in ''[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]'' "the Charter doesn't contain a word about [[Hitler]], [[Auschwitz]] and [[Buchenwald]]. Not to mention any sign of apologies for the suffering of the murdered people", "avoids mentioning the reasons for expulsions" and called the document "example of German art of crowding out the truth (...) The fact that the charter completely ignores the reasons for the expulsions deprives it of any value".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/pl/karta-wyp%C4%99dzonych-pojednanie-czy-relatywizacja/a-5870536|title=Karta Wypędzonych: pojednanie czy relatywizacja? &#124; DW &#124; 05.08.2010|website=DW.COM}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Streit über Vertriebenen-Charta zum 60. Jahrestag|url = http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/article107832654/Streit-ueber-Vertriebenen-Charta-zum-60-Jahrestag.html|website = abendblatt.de|date = 5 August 2010|access-date = 19 November 2015|language = de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Erika Steinbach ist keine Revanchistin|url = http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article106755899/Erika-Steinbach-ist-keine-Revanchistin.html|website = abendblatt.de|date = 27 February 2009|access-date = 19 November 2015|language = de-DE}}</ref>