Reconciliation or Provocation? First Day of Sudeten Congress Sees Both Dialogue and Protest
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A gathering of Sudeten Germans—German speakers who were expelled after World War II—is taking place this weekend in Brno, Czech Republic. Although the Germans have been invited in an atmosphere of reconciliation, the meeting is controversial. On the first day of the event, some 200 protesters also showed up.
Representatives of the Sudeten German community and two of the 'Winton children', 669 Czech Jewish children saved from the Holocaust in 1939 by the British stockbroker Nicholas Winton, participated in a commemorative event on platform 5 of the main station of Brno, from where Jewish transports to the extermination camps during the Second World War took place. The tribute opened the Congress of the Sudeten Community, the annual meeting of the Ger…
A protest against the Sudeten German congress culminated in a minor scuffle on Friday morning at the Brno exhibition center. Opponents built a barricade out of boxes with photographs and slogans, which one man broke through. Then a melee broke out, but without major consequences. The congress is being held for the first time in the Czech Republic from Friday to Monday.
Today begins the first SudetenGerman day on Czech soil – to the annoyance of many Czechs and the government in Prague. Can this be a purifying thunderstorm?
The Sudeten-German day reaches its peak on Sunday from 11.00 a.m. with the main meeting at the exhibition grounds in Brno (Brno). The traditional Pentecostal meeting of the displaced Sudeten-Germans and their descendants takes place for the first time in the Czech Republic. The main speaker is Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and the speaker of the Sudeten-German ethnic group Bernd Posselt. The Sudeten-Germans followed an invitation fr…
Reconciliation or Provocation? First Day of Sudeten Congress Sees Both Dialogue and Protest
The Sudeten German Congress began in Brno today and will continue until Monday. At the invitation of the Meeting Brno festival, it is being held in the Czech Republic for the first time, which its supporters hail as a landmark moment of reconciliation in Czech-German relations. However, the festival has also been criticised by politicians from the government parties, who passed a resolution in parliament expressing their opposition. On its first…
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