Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe: From Bohemia to the EU (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333734490)

In the aftermath of World War Two, approximately three million Sudeten-Germans were expelled from their homes in the former Czechoslovakia because of their part in the dismemberment of the Czechoslovak Republic by Nazi Germany in 1938-39. For many years their representatives, the Sudeten-German Association, attempted in vain to redress the wrong done to their people. However, the end of the Cold War has given a new impetus to their campaign. Currently they attempt to block Czech entry into the EU unless there is restitution of confiscated properties. Jürgen Tampke tells the story of the Sudeten-Germans from the beginning of their settlement seven hundred years ago in what is now the Czech Republic to current times.

Author: Jürgen Tampke
ISBN-10: 0333734491
ISBN-13: 9780333734490
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/10/2002
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.64w x 0.66d