There is a fairly well-documented report of what happened to the German population of Prague in 1945. The executions like the ones in the film were only a small part of the story. German- Bohemians were rounded up and forced to live in a stadium under guard. A gallows there was used regularly for any reason a Czech or Russian decided was OK and the age or sex of the\ offender did not matter. The Germans were put to work as forced labor cleaning up war damage in the city and they lived on minimum rations when they got anything at all. I no longer recall the name of the book where I found this report but it may have been one titled, "Czechs and Germans" by Elizabeth Wiskemann. Her book is older and she did not have access to all of the data that has become available since 1990, but it is still a very good way to understand how things changed between the two ethnic groups over time. Brno was another atrocity waiting to happen in 1945. The "wild expulsion" from that city is documented in a German language video titled "Odsun". Survivors of that trek from Brno to Austria tell their stories of what happened. The video was a joint effort of the Czech and Austrian governments and both parties agree that it is objective and true. The picture it paints of a long line of Germans fleeing on foot or hauling their elderly family members in wagons or on their backs while armed horsemen shot any "stragglers" at will is pretty vivid. My copy of the video came from the Austrian producer and it is in VHS. He was kind enough to provide a German language script to go with it and I worked on translating a large part of it. It also covers some of what happened in parts of the Egerland. If I ever find the time I will copy it to CD so more copies can be made. The most well-known recent book on the subject is DeZaya's, "A Terrible Revenge". Some list members who have reported reading it have said it brought tears to one's eyes. It may be in the GBHS library in New Ulm as well as the Uof MN library and other university libraries. As recently as 2002 there was a book published by the Czech Embassy in Berlin. One of the authors gave me a copy when we met at a CGSI conference in Houston that year. It is the Truth from the Czech POV. I have scanned some pages but have had so many things I wanted to translate first, I have not read it and cannot comment on it. Karen In a message dated 6/3/2010 4:55:49 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Very moving pictures. My father, grandmother and grandparents were all exp elled. My uncle was never seen again so we all think he was one that met this horrific fate. Sad, very very sad, ;-( Heinzi Schöner Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2010, at 4:22 PM, ElaineTM <[email protected]> wrote: Newly Discovered Film Shows Post-War Executions http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,698060,00.html#ref=nlint German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message German-Bohemian Heritage Society web site http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message