Who were referred as JUNKERS in Prussia?
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The Junkers (/ˈjʊŋkər/ YUUNG-kər; German: [ˈjʊŋkɐ]) were members of the landed nobility in Prussia. They owned great estates that were maintained and worked by peasants with few rights.
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The landowners in Prussia were called as Junkers.
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Junkers was a common word to denote all the nobility who owned great estates. These estates were owned by small peasants who had few rights. Even Otto von Bismarck, the Chancellor of Germany was a Junker himself. After World War II, the concept of Junkers ceased to exist and the Junkers had to either flee or were expelled with all of their lands were taken away.
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