Centre Against Expulsions

The Centre Against Expulsions (, ZgV) was a planned German documentation centre for expulsions and ethnic cleansing, particularly the expulsion of Germans after World War II. There were three different phases of expulsion: the fleeing of an oncoming Red Army, 'wild expulsions' before the end of the war, and those sancitoned as a result of the Potsdam Treaty.'

Since March 19, 2008 the name of the project is Sichtbares Zeichen gegen Flucht und Vertreibung.

The project was initiated by the Federation of Expellees, who dedicated a "Foundation Centre Against Expulsions" to the centre. This foundation is based in Wiesbaden, and headed by CDU politician and president of the Federation of Expellees, Erika Steinbach. The other head of the foundation was SPD politician Peter Glotz who died in 2005. The head of the foundation ZgV since 2018 is Christean Wagner, a politician of the Christian Democratic Union in Germany.

Since late 2008, the project is forwarded by the Federal Republic of Germany, when the federal government and parliament passed a law calling for the constitution of a ''Foundation German Historical Museum'' subordinate to the federal government, which in turn shall hold a ''Foundation Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation'' which shall take on the actual documentation in Berlin. The project has been subject to criticism, especially in Poland. Provided by Wikipedia