It is recorded that Egerland and Moravian villages were already in existence in Galicia for many years and a strong Egerland presence was there since 1823 with their ethnic culture intact. German ethnic groups were accepted far better in Poland than what the Egerlanders expected under the Czech Regime in 1920.. The history of that particular German settlement in Galicia is recorded on the website below, to which, I believe you have made reference recently yourself... Aida See History: www.machliniec.de From: "Laurence Krupnak" <LKrupnak@erols.com> To: <GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [GERMAN-BOHEMIAN] Fwd: Please Help > > > > > > In the 1920s, why did some of the German Bohemians described below > move to Poland (Galicia was in Poland after WWI) and not to Germany? > > _______ > > Lavrentiy Krupniak > > > > > > > > > aida kraus wrote: > >> Paula, what you are probably referring to is the settlement in Galicia by >> German Bohemians in 1920 and then their return to Germany in 1940. Most >> of >> them were resettled in Westphalia. The first move to another country was >> in >> 1920 and was in protest because of forming a new country called >> Czechoslovakia out of part of their homeland which was Austria Hungary >> and >> thereby diminishing their German representation and rights in the newly >> created Czechoslovakian Country. The demonstrators were shot because >> Germans had no rights after the loss of WW1 and the newly formed Czech >> Republic (and Yugoslavia for that matter) had the full support of the >> Allied. There was a "rash" of emigration during that time and many left >> their ancient homeland. > > > ==== GERMAN-BOHEMIAN Mailing List ==== > Would you like to see messages that were posted before you joined the > list? To browse the archives, go to: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/GERMAN-BOHEMIAN-L/ >