Rendering Collection of collections - ItemsControl - wpf

I have an object model like below:
public class ViewModel
{
public List<Group> Groups{ get; set; }
}
public class Group
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public List<Contact> Contacts { get; set; }
}
public class Contact
{
public string Name { get; set; }
public bool IsOnline { get; set; }
}
and I'm binding the groups to an itemscontrol like this:
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Path=Groups}"
ItemTemplate="{StaticResource GroupTemplate}" >
</ItemsControl>
and I have datatemplate for rendering them.
<DataTemplate x:Key="GroupTemplate" DataType="{x:Type Group}">
</DataTemplate>
<DataTemplate x:Key="ContactTemplate" DataType="{x:Type Contact}">
<StackPanel>
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
</StackPanle>
</DataTemplate>
How can I get the contacts displayed inside the items control? The contacts is a collection inside each group and my viewmodel has a collection of groups. To complicate it a bit further, I have different datatemplates for different contacts, and I should be using a datatemplateselector for choosing the appropriate contact template. Also please note, I have nothing to display in the group template, and I only need to show Contacts.
Thanks,
-Mike

Use another ItemsControl in the first template:
<DataTemplate x:Key="GroupTemplate" DataType="{x:Type my:Group}">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Contacts}">
<ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
<DataTemplate DataType="{x:Type my:Contact}">
<TextBlock Text="{Binding Name}"/>
</DataTemplate>
</ItemsControl.ItemTemplate>
</ItemsControl>
</DataTemplate>
And with a template selector:
<DataTemplate x:Key="GroupTemplate" DataType="{x:Type my:Group}">
<ItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding Contacts}"
ItemTemplateSelector="{StaticResource yourContactItemSelector}"/>
</DataTemplate>

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