Funky Samoan
30 Aug 2012
History / Czech and Polish character in World War two [81]
So, all of them wanted that? Are you really sure about this statement? You say all Sudeten Germans, even the children were guilty of treason? What about Sudenten German Social Democrats like Wenzel Jaksch who fiercly fought against National Socialism, escaped to Great Britain and were forbidden to return to their home country after 1945 and furthermore were dispossed by Czechoslovak authorities?
Come on pal, Sudeten Germans were Czechoslovakian citizens, and guilt is something individual and can't be imposed on a group! This means after WW2 Czechoslovak authorities should have looked for the Nazis among Sudeten Germans, there were plenty of them, and leave the others alone, instead of imposing a collective guilt on them. This just leaves the bitter aftertaste that Czechs just wanted to get rid of an inconvenient minority. This is something the Polish state never did with Germans in their territory by the way, imposing a collective guilt on them. Polish authorites just told Germans: "Due to the Potsdam Agreement the German-Polish border was shifted to the rivers Oder and Neisse and all Germans citizens have to move westwards.". Czech authorites told Sudeten Germans: "You all are guilty of treason, we take your property, deprive you of all human rights and transport you to Germany.". Czechoslovak authorites transported their own citizens to another country after stealing all of their possessions, this is what happened!
Besides that, who asked the Sudeten Germans in November 1918 if they wanted to be a part of Czechoslovakia in the first place? How can expect loyality from people that were treated like strangers in their country in spite of the fact many of them had ancestors that lived in Bohemia and Moravia for more than 700 years?
Excuse me sir but Czechs think this Sudeten peoples were traitors, 5 kolumn, right? They did not want to live in Ceskoslovensko, but desired change border treates of Versaille and live in Germany. So they finally lived in Germany after World War Two. Is it OK? They have what they wanted.
So, all of them wanted that? Are you really sure about this statement? You say all Sudeten Germans, even the children were guilty of treason? What about Sudenten German Social Democrats like Wenzel Jaksch who fiercly fought against National Socialism, escaped to Great Britain and were forbidden to return to their home country after 1945 and furthermore were dispossed by Czechoslovak authorities?
Come on pal, Sudeten Germans were Czechoslovakian citizens, and guilt is something individual and can't be imposed on a group! This means after WW2 Czechoslovak authorities should have looked for the Nazis among Sudeten Germans, there were plenty of them, and leave the others alone, instead of imposing a collective guilt on them. This just leaves the bitter aftertaste that Czechs just wanted to get rid of an inconvenient minority. This is something the Polish state never did with Germans in their territory by the way, imposing a collective guilt on them. Polish authorites just told Germans: "Due to the Potsdam Agreement the German-Polish border was shifted to the rivers Oder and Neisse and all Germans citizens have to move westwards.". Czech authorites told Sudeten Germans: "You all are guilty of treason, we take your property, deprive you of all human rights and transport you to Germany.". Czechoslovak authorites transported their own citizens to another country after stealing all of their possessions, this is what happened!
Besides that, who asked the Sudeten Germans in November 1918 if they wanted to be a part of Czechoslovakia in the first place? How can expect loyality from people that were treated like strangers in their country in spite of the fact many of them had ancestors that lived in Bohemia and Moravia for more than 700 years?