I do not see this article as rewriting history, Moses, because Gemans and Czechs have shared this area since 600 A.D. As you know from American experience, the Indian will write American history different than that of the settler, right? We are encountering the same here where two people make claim to the same area. While the Slavic impact on the area is apparent in the translating of German first names to the Czech equivalent, the German impact on the area was highlighted during the Habsburg years. It is balanced from the view of the ethnic group. But now, it will be up to the genealogist to find his ethnic group in these now Czech areas, and one must become aware of the time before the invention of a Republic called Czechoslovakia in 1918 and after. Before 1918 Bohemia was part of Austria Hungary under German administration. German presence and their history was maintained until 1945. From then on, Czech history has been written as it is seen from their viewpoint, while before it was written from the viewpoint of Austria Hungary. It will take a few more decades before the scars of the last war and its implication can be objectively reviewed by scholars. Then a more balanced report will supersede all prior opinions. The German Bohemians, aware of their atonement for transgression by the occupying Nazi Regime have declared themselves in a Charter of which a link is enclosed. German Bohemians were not the only expellees from their homeland, it affected 14 Million Germans in settlements on the Eastern borders, and in Germans lands since Christianity and perhaps even before. A good perspective of the large and greatly welcomed settlements of Germans can be read on this link: http://www.z-g-v.de/english/aktuelles/?id=56 The Charta of Expellees in English can be found here: http://www.bund-der-vertriebenen.de/derbdv/charta-en.php3 For reference I am posting these two links on the List with a separate subject for future reference and easier access. Aida Aida On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Theimer, Moses <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All: > > Some of you were asking which Sternberg (Sternberk) I was referring to that > my grandfather was from. Please find below a website of that city. My big > question is is the information accurate? The website has a lengthy > historical account of the city, however it seems to minimize German > involvement much less German accomplishments and achievements. Could this > be an attempt to rewrite history. > > > http://www.sternberk.eu/index_web.php?jazyk=en&sekce=turista&kategorie_1=historie > > 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 >