I’m Czech and had Sudeten relatives that weren’t removed, the ones that voted for the Nazis had their whole family removed (my relatives voted for the “communists” as they didn’t approve of the escalation against their Czech relatives, a couple experienced racist violence due to marrying non Germans as well). Iirc only the household head could vote and they didn’t want to split families, so thats why so few were left.
I’m of partial Sudeten German heritage, and the events in the area were unfortunate and more nuanced than the different settler analogies that people on here like to present. Since most don’t really have a connection to that topic, its easy to be flippant.
Like my grandparent really only thought of Czechia as their home ever, even claiming that our family wasnt “truly german”. However by that point in time the “ethnic relations” between Germans & Czechs were so polarized, that it kinda was domed. And you dont really come back from trying to genocide your neighbours.
I’m Czech and had Sudeten relatives that weren’t removed, the ones that voted for the Nazis had their whole family removed (my relatives voted for the “communists” as they didn’t approve of the escalation against their Czech relatives, a couple experienced racist violence due to marrying non Germans as well). Iirc only the household head could vote and they didn’t want to split families, so thats why so few were left.
I’m of partial Sudeten German heritage, and the events in the area were unfortunate and more nuanced than the different settler analogies that people on here like to present. Since most don’t really have a connection to that topic, its easy to be flippant.
Like my grandparent really only thought of Czechia as their home ever, even claiming that our family wasnt “truly german”. However by that point in time the “ethnic relations” between Germans & Czechs were so polarized, that it kinda was domed. And you dont really come back from trying to genocide your neighbours.