Sure. But was he a casualty of the war or a casualty of the Soviet and East European retribution against the Nazis, which continued until 1950 or so? The dates

Sure. But was he a casualty of the war or a casualty of the Soviet and East European retribution against the Nazis, which continued until 1950 or so? The dates are ambiguous, but the profile fits the latter very well. Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_(1944%E2%80%931950) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_German...