There is an interesting document showing the mind-set of a Czech leader in 1915 at: http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/sourcetexts/masaryk1.htm This is probably a must read for people who really want to understand the Czechs and Germans thing. I do not know how much influence Masaryk had on the allies in Potsdam who decided to deny the plebiscite to the Sudetens and Slovaks. I believe that Masryk was eventually assassinated in a somewhat traditional manner used against various Bohemian officials someone didn't want around any more since the 15th century (maybe even longer). He was thrown from a window in a government building....called "defenstration" as a means of assassination. I am really not up on Czech history and cannot discuss this with anyone who is. My real reasearch interest is life in rural Bohemia before 1870. Karen