Review
"This book provides both a timely insight into these issues and a scholarly history of ethnic relations between Germans and Czechs in Central Europe." -- Dick Geary, University of Nottingham
Review
"This book provides both a timely insight into these issues and a scholarly history of ethnic relations between Germans and Czechs in Central Europe." -- Dick Geary, University of Nottingham
Book Description
In the aftermath of World War II, 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 700 years ago in what is now the Czech Republic to current times.
About the Author
Jürgen Tampke is at the School of History, University of New South Wales.
Czech-German Relations and the Politics of Central Europe: From Bohemia to the EU FROM THE PUBLISHER
In the aftermath of World War II, 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 700 years ago in what is now the Czech Republic to current times.
SYNOPSIS
The central issue of this volume concerns the history and politics surrounding the Sudeten Germans of the Czech Republic, who were expelled from what was then Czechoslovakia following WWII and now live in Bavaria. The story of German-Czech relations, especially as reflected in the history of this German-speaking population that had long lived in Bohemia, is related in chapters on the early settling of Bohemia, German-Czech relations in Czechoslovakia, the formation of the fascist Reichsgau Sudetenland, the expulsion and forced resettlement of the Germans, and the political activities of this group up to recent discussions of the Czech Republic's entry to the EU. Tampke teaches history at the U. of New South Wales, Australia. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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