80 years since the settlement decree: Beneš’s act that changed the face of the Czech borderlands

Name: 80 years since the settlement decree: Beneš’s act that changed the face of the Czech borderlands
Uploaded: 2025-07-25T14:33:15+00:00
Channel: Martin Hladík
Description: The atmosphere across Czechoslovakia immediately after World War II was full of tension, pain and a desire for revenge. Yet the public attitudes of the political leaders of the time also fundamentally influenced the direction of the country – and their attitudes were not peaceable and forgiving. On April 17th 1945, the Košice government called

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The atmosphere across Czechoslovakia immediately after World War II was full of tension, pain and a desire for revenge. Yet the public attitudes of the political leaders of the time also fundamentally influenced the direction of the country – and their attitudes were not peaceable and forgiving.

On April 17th 1945, the Košice government called on citizens to take ruthless revenge against the “German executioner’s assistants”.

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