This master's thesis deals with the emotional discourses of the association for Sudeten-German Social democrats in Swedish Exile (TG), which in its journal "Blätter" reported on the development of the group and the homeland lost in 1945. This study is limited to an examination of the discourse during the end of the war and the years immediately following, from 1944 to 1948. It also explains how the representatives of the association felt betrayed by so-called phenomena of rupture. The 'history of betrayal' goes back to 1918 and the peace treaties after the First World War, intensifies during the Munich Agreement in 1938 and finally reaches its climax when the Czechoslovak government in exile and even former comrades of the TG turn their backs and instead negotiate with the Soviet Union. This changes the discourse after the end of the war from a positivist perspective, with good connections to Czechoslovakia, to desperate appeals for reason to end the collective guilt, ethnic cleansing and finally develops into ironic anti-communist polemics, as the communists are structured as a scapegoat in the discourse. The anticommunism also serves an integrative function in the Swedish political and social democratic context. Ultimately the communist coup in Czechoslovakia of 1948 made the association feel vindicated in its ideals, but also felt melancholic, as the homeland was now considered lost forever. The purpose of the association is therefore limited to an integrative and culture-preserving function in exile. My research shows that the polemic against an omnipresent Other is more likely to serve the purpose of influencing the Swedish Social Democratic-led government to bring more Sudeten Germans to Sweden after the expulsion, so that a new homeland may be created there, than to directly provoke the Soviet Union or Czechoslovakia for change. / Diese Masterarbeit beschäftigt sich mit Diskursen der "Treuegemeinschaft Sudetendeutscher Sozialdemokraten in Skandinavien" (TG), die aus dem schwedischen Exil über die Entwicklung der Gruppe und der im Jahre 1945 verlorenen Heimat in der Zeitschrift "Blätter" berichtet. Die Arbeit beschränkt sich auf eine Analyse der Zeitschrift während des Kriegsendes und den unmittelbar folgenden Jahren, von 1944 bis 1948. Durch die Arbeit wird erläutert, wie die Vertreter der TG sich durch sog. Abbruchphänomene verraten fühlen. Die 'Verratsgeschichte' geht bis ins Jahr 1918 und den Friedensverträgen nach dem ersten Weltkrieg zurück, intensiviert sich während des Münchner Abkommens im Jahre 1938 und erreicht letztendlich ihren Höhepunkt, als die tschechoslowakische Exilregierung und ehemalige Genossen der TG ihren Rücken kehren und anstelle dessen Gespräche mit der Sowjetunion führen. Dadurch verändert sich der Diskurs nach Kriegsende von einer positivistischen Perspektive, mit guten Verbindungen zur Tschechoslowakei, hin zu panischen Appellen an die Vernunft, die ethnischen Säuberungen zu beenden. Schließlich entwickelt sich der Diskurs zur antikommunistischen Polemik, da die Kommunisten als Sündenbock im Diskurs strukturiert werden. Der Antikommunismus diente auch einer integrativen Funktion. Durch den kommunistischen Putsch in der Tschechoslowakei 1948 fühlte sich der Verein durch seine Ideale bestätigt, aber wurde auch melancholisch, denn die Heimat wird nun als für immer verloren gegolten. Der Zweck des Vereins wird deshalb auf eine integrative und kulturerhaltende Funktion im Exil beschränkt. Meine Untersuchung zeigt, dass die Polemik gegen einen allgegenwärtigen Anderen eher dem Zwecke dient, die schwedische durch die sozialdemokratisch geführte Regierung zu beeinflussen, damit mehr Sudetendeutsche nach der Vertreibung nach Schweden gelangen, um hier eine neue Heimat herzurichten, als die Tschechoslowakei oder die Sowjetunion zu beeinflussen.

Aus der Einleitung S. 8: „Der Verlauf und die Zuspitzung der „Sudetenkrise“ wurde auch von der deutschen Wirtschaft aufmerksam verfolgt, auch von den in Berlin ansässigen Großbanken...” S. 9: „Im Zentrum der folgenden Untersuchung stehen vor allem die deutschen Banken, die maßgeblich an der „Neuordnung“ beteiligt waren: Die Dresdner Bank, die Deutsche Bank und die Allgemeine Deutsche Creditanstalt in Leipzig (Adca)... ”

The present thesis is concerned with Czech-German relations in Krupka in the 1930s. The theoretical part presents a historical overview of the situation in Czechoslovakia and the Sudetenland. Drawing upon the chronicle of the town of Krupka, it also provides information on the town's history. The empirical part of the thesis deals with Czech-German relations in Krupka. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews conducted with survivors. The conclusion provides an evaluation of status differences between Czechs and Germans in Krupka in the 1930s.

The thesis analyses prince Max Egon Hohenlohe-Langenburg's relationship to Czechoslovak Republic from its origin to year 1945. It focuses on the issues of prince's role in Czechoslovak politics and his attitudes to all the situations which affected the aristocracy in the 20th century in ČSR - land reform, Sudeten crisis and postwar turn of events. In the first chapter the thesis concentrates on foundation of ČSR and its impact on aristocracy and thus also on prince Max Egon at the time. The second chapter deals with consequences of land reform on property of Hohenlohe-Langenburg's House, the third chapter is about Sudeten German crisis and prince Max Egon's role in it. The last chapter shows aristocracy's situation after year 1945. The author comes to conclusion that the personality of prince Max Egon was very ambiguous - he always tried to get on well with everybody in effort to gain personal profit, and for fear that he could not keep his property in the extent that he had had since the time Hohenlohe- Langenburg's family settled down in current Czech border. Keywords Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Czechoslovakia, Munich agreement, World War II, Sudetenland

Thesis (doctoral) - Freie Universität, Berlin, 2004. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

This diploma thesis describes Sudetenland in environmental, economic and sociological view. The main question of this research is if Sudetenland still exist as a marginal area. The theoretical part contains a summary of basic terms, for example amenity migration, a plan of development of a municipality and a coefficient of the ecological stability (KES). It also contains explanation of the word "Sudetenland" as a geographical, socio-economic and histroric-political term and so on the historical consequences, which influenced Sudetenland. The practical part of this diploma thesis is focused on observation the socio-economic behaviour of inhabitants of particular part of the Sudetenland, village Celnice and on a calculation of KES of its cadastral area. This thesis is designed as a case study. It considers the amenity migration as a solution of some socio-economic problems of this area.

The diploma thesis deals with the regional press in Jáchymovsko between 1936 and 1958. Its aim is to map the development of the press in this locality. It approaches the history of the place, social, economic and demographic aspects for a defined period, which is important to outline for understanding the linkages with the press. The first part of the thesis presents the basic data about the locality from a geographic and historical point of view. It also shows the period after the First World War, the emergence of Czechoslovakia and the new delimitation of the state borders associated with the change of status of the German population in the border area, the thirties of the twentieth century and the Second World War, after which the redefinition of the frontiers of Czechoslovakia took place. Then the end of the Second World War and the demographic change in the Sudetes, the crucial year of 1948 and the onset of the communist regime, are mapped out. In the next part of the thesis, we are going to research periodicals in the context of historical events. Firstly, print is described in the inter-war period. Then the gradual transition of the press from the German periodicals to the Czech ones, coupled with a complete transformation of the press, both in terms of ideological orientation towards the...

This thesis deals with the status of civil society in the Sudetenland. The issue of living in the borderlands is examined in the context of historical events and is related with political, cultural and social transformations. Theoretical work is focused both on defining the problem of the Sudetenland and the traditions of thought to grasp the concept of civil society on the basis of which is derived the current definition of civil society and its other prerequisites. The first part of the theoretical work maps the development of civil sector and the importance of community life in the context of Czech historical events, the second discusses the development of Czech-German coexistence with emphasis on the interwar and postwar events and developement. The practical part, which carries a crucial part of field research, is based on interviews with local natives, new immigrants and cottagers. The work involves presentation of NGO's, which is operating in the lokality as an important indicator of the state of civil society. Conclusion of the work presents the results of the analysis of interviews that have interpretive value of the current state of civil society in the Sudetenland. Key words Civil society, the Sudetenland, settlement, borderland, Czech-German coexistence, community activities

This thesis considers a difficult period of the post-war period of history in Jílové near Děčín. The main chapters of this work deal with the themes of transfer of Germans from the city and with the following event of settlement of new inhabitants. The aim of this thesis is to reflect the period of the national migration in Jílové. Last but not least this work aims to reveal micro-historical view on a process of key events in a small city considering individual life stories. Submitted thesis is based on available archive materials and literature. At the same time there was applied a method of oral history. In the following chapters there are introduced 6 life stories of inhabitants of Jílové who helped with their narrations to describe the key themes of this research as well as "small history" of everyday life in the post-war era. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Thesis deals with Šafov, small village located near Austrian border. History of the village is quite dramatic. Population is ten times smaller nowadays than during its greatest prosperity. At the village there was a jewish part destroyed during and after World War II. Nowadays there are only a few houses and jewish cemetary. Continuity was extremely aborted after World War II, when most residents had to leave their homes because of German nationality. New comming people early had to live very close to Iron Curtain. After many years Šafov can breathe freely but stigma of the past is still evident. I try to preserve dramatical history but also design new active plan. Thesis is divided to three parts: urban planning, architecture and landscape. There are some bigger interventions and also small and easily realizable ones.