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The Centre Against Expulsions (, ZgV) is a planned German documentation centre for Expulsion s and Ethnic Cleansing , particularly the Expulsion Of Germans After World War II from Eastern Germany and other parts of Eastern Europe following the Soviet offensive and occupation, to be erected in Berlin . All victims of genocide and expulsion need a place in our hearts and in the historical memory. We want to make it clear that human rights are indivisible. It was initiated by the Federation Of Expellees , and is supported by the CDU / CSU faction in the German Parliament as well as the Chancellor Angela Merkel who intend to support building the centre. The foundation ''Centre Against Expulsions'' with seat in Wiesbaden is headed by a CDU politician Erika Steinbach and SPD politician Peter Glotz . This initiative, supported by the CDU/CSU fraction in the parliament, has caused controversy. Opponents of the proposed form of Centre object to emphasizing only German suffering. In the petition " For a critical and enlightened debate about the past " left-wing historians expressed concerns the centre would "establish and popularize a one-sided image of the past, without historical context". Well-known intellectuals and politicians, including Germans Günter Grass and Hans-Dietrich Genscher , in 2003 expressed support for a centre devoted to all expelled during the 20th century, located in some place connected with expulsions, e.g. Wrocław (Breslau). However, while Steinbach claims the Centre will represent the suffering of other nations as well, she believes that it is an internal German affair and rejects the proposal of creating the Centre under international control. "All victims of Genocide and expulsion need a place in our hearts and in the historical memory. Human rights are indivisible," the Centre points out on its official home page. The Centre Against Expulsions have been supported by many Human Rights activists, historians, political scientists and authors as well as other people. Among them first UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Dr. Jose Ayala Lasso , Nobel laureate Imre Kertész , Joachim Gauck , former Austria n crown prince Otto Von Habsburg , well known German rabbies Walter Homolka , Eckart Klein , and historians such as Guido Knopp , György Konrád , Hans Maier , Christian Tomuschat and Alfred M. De Zayas . The Bavarian Prime Minister and chairman of CSU Edmund Stoiber argued that "the place for a museum showing the dreadful fate of expelled Germans is in the German capital". Former German Foreign minister Joschka Fischer commented on Steinbach, and her initiative for a Centre Against Expulsions to ''...have caused serious damage to German-Polish relations. Not amongst extremist nationalist forces that do exist in Poland, but amongst old friends and major agents for reconciliation between our two countries.'' SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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