Okay so the tin may seem a bit thick but at least read the rest of this before you post.
Though not very well known in many parts of the world during the Soviet offensive and into the years afterwards. The German people were raped, starved, tortured and cleansed from their lands of which in a great many regions had been German for generations upon generations. Personal opinions aside, how could "East Germany" become a majority ethnic Russian population like in the former East Prussia? Upon doing so, how would things change?
While I do not promote or support the genocide that occurred and these victims should be remembered like every other, regardless of citizenship, race, creed or belief!