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Escape from burning Danzig

10th March 1945: German refugees desperately flee across East Prussia, trying to escape the Red Army

Mar 10, 2025
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After trekking across East Prussia, most German refugees had to abandon their possessions to get a place on boats leaving the Baltic Sea ports.
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