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Originally Posted by accord1999
It's not just a colonial thing. In the period of German mediatisation, hundreds of small semi-sovereign states, principalities, duchies, counties, cities, bishoprics, etc who originally answered only to the Holy Roman Emperor were subsumed by major neighboring states that would form the major states of Germany today.
While no doubt a traumatic experience for the families that lost sovereign rule of their territories, it was a necessary step for Germany to take to become an effective modern state to catch up and then surpass the likes of the UK, France and Russia.
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I’m not familiar enough with that part of German history to know the details of it, was conquered or by agreement or something else but if you applied today’s legal and ethical standards would it have been legal to do.