I have on line the complete Moletein book if any one wants one let me know... It is very interesting.. I have it on pdf and can email it to you.. Kathy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@erols.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Laurences question. Thanks Aida, Karen, and Frank. I now seek thoughts/opinions about would have been the likely relationship of Czechs and Sudeten Germans in Czechoslavakia after World War II if the Sudeten Germans were not deported to Germany after World War II. ______ Lavrentiy . Frank Soural wrote: > > Here is Laurence Krupniacs question. > > I know, but my question is why Bohemian Germans didn't also move to > democratic Germany after WWI if they didn't like the Czechoslovakian > government (i.e. the post-World War I CZ government)? > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Laurence. There are several reasons why this has not happened on a large > scale. > > A good portion of Sudeten Germans (including myself) grew up in a bilingual > culture It was natural for us to switch instantly into Czech and back again, > when needed. So it was not a question of "not liking" the CZ government in > Prague. I am sure my parents and GP's accepted the Prague Government as a > fact of life. > > Furthermore, The German areas had been colonized in a big way since 1254 AD > on behest of the Bohemian King Ottokar II and his faithful servant the good > Bishop of Olmuetz (Olomouc)Bruno von Schaumburg who helped him settle the > North Eastern part of Bohemia and Moravia. Our villages were our "Heimat" > our Homeland and there was no reason for anyone to abandon > our places just because we did not like the Government in Prague. > I am sure you can draw a parallel with your own situation in the US. > > >From reading about the Sudeten history I conclude that all that was demanded > in 1918 by the German areas was to be granted democratic rights of "Self > Determination" preferably under Austria or under a Federal Government > in Prag. Neither was granted. Aida recently gave us an account of the 54 who > were shot by the Czechs during a peaceful demonstration. By 1945 there were > 3.5 million of us among roughly 8 million, in a "Multi Nation State" that > Czechoslovakia always was, since it's inception. > > The concept of "Heimat" is very powerful notion that affects people, > particularly when they have lost it. Because of this closeness to what is no > longer theirs the Sudeten's are often labeled neo Nazis which > I personally find to be utter hogwash and out of touch with reality. > > I have researched several topics dear to my heart, pertaining to the early > German settlements which were subsequently published as articles in "Nase > Rodina" and the "FEEFHS Journal". You may have come across them. > > If you need a refresher I'd be glad to send them to you electronically. > > Titles that may be of interest: > > . The early German Settlements in North eastern Moravia, > Subtitled: And what the Pied Piper of Hamelin had to do with it. > > . The Celts in Moravia. With additional information on recent > Archeological digs and kind permission of the Museum in > Moravska Trebova. (Mährisch Trübau). > > Frank ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== Forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? Visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~gbhs/mailinglist/mailinglist.html