Hello Moses - There were over 3 million of the Sudeten Germans (Moravian and Bohemian) who in the years 1945-48 suffered this fate. Aida and I remember the expulsion very well as we were teenagers at the time. Both provinces were settled by Germanic tribes (Celts ect) long before the Slavs arrived in the 600's. This expulsion was approved by the Allies then, including the Americans. If you read the sidelines it was Stalin who intended to send these disenfranchised and disappropriated Sudeten Germans and other eastern states into Germany so as to collapse the German economy as it existed then and turn it into a communist state. We were poor as church-mice, as all possessions including family pictures and ancestral documents were taken away at the "Lager" before shipping out in the trains. There is a website that collects pictures of the expulsion of Germans. Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Theimer, Moses Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] RE GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Theimer- Bohemian or Moravian? Dear All: Thank you all for your responses and enlightening yet sad fact of the plight of the German Bohemians. I believe the world like me is naïve of these historical facts which not only remain hidden but is resolutely covered up. Sincerely, Moses Major Moses C. Theimer Assistant Professor New Mexico Military Institute Communications Department 101 West College Boulevard Roswell, New Mexico 88201 (505)624-8202 [email protected] www.nmmi.edu Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including all attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution is prohibited unless specifically provided under the New Mexico Inspection of Public Records Act. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of this 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