In a message dated 3/13/2006 7:58:45 AM Mountain Standard Time, LKrupnak@erols.com writes: 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. There are two main categories of Germans who stayed in CZ: Germans who stayed in CZ in 1945 included those who had Czech spouses and opted to stay on their land if they were given the opportunity. Germans who had jobs that had no immediate Czech replacement. They were not permitted to leave even if they wanted to so they could train someone to do their work whatever it was. I once researched the subject of ethnic Germans still living in CR on the Internet. I found there is about 50,000 of them. They have been allowed to form German culture societies and they publish newsletters. Their largest group appears to be in the Egerland. I cannot find any of the URLs for their groups at the moment and cannot recall how I found them before. There is an interesting page at: http://www.radio.cz/en/article/27184 Karen