The remarkable story of anti-fascist Sudeten German Alois Ullmann and his family’s journey

Photo: Hana Řeháková, Radio Prague International

Alois Ullmann was a key figure in the Sudeten German social democratic movement. He fled to Great Britain during the Nazi regime but later returned to Prague. After being imprisoned in concentration camps, he worked to rebuild his party, Seliger Gemeinde, but was thwarted by the expulsion of Sudeten Germans. He later organized the resettlement of Sudeten German anti-fascists, known as “Aktion Ullmann.”

Thomas Oellermann: “When we talk about Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak Republic during the interwar period, we are talking about a state with significant minorities, the largest of which was the German minority, known as the Sudeten Germans.

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Author: Jakub Ferenčík