Photo: Daniela Pilařová, Czech Radio
The expulsion of more than three million Sudeten Germans from post-war Czechoslovakia in 1945 not only changed the face of the region but left many German graves abandoned. Some municipalities repair and maintain the graves on regional budgets or cross-border grant programs. Now regular subsidies from the Ministry for Regional Development will help boost this effort.
In 1918, the town of Svitavy was known as Zwittau and was almost entirely German, with only a tiny Czech minority.
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Author: Daniela Lazarová