Tuesday, May 5, 2009

5 May 2009 1:25 PM
Berlin said...
The brutal and deadly expulsion of the Germans from the Sudetenland was no less a crime than those committed by the Nazis. Hundreds of thousands of German old men, women and children were killed in what the Allies decreed would be a humane transfer. Young women, girls and grandmothers were brutally raped and often killed. Indiscriminate murder, beatings and stealing of property were common occurences. Innocent Germans were mistreated in the same concentration camps that had only recently been liberated. The massacres at Eger and other locations were unprecedented. As the article indicates, the Germans had lived in the Sudetenland since the l300s. Still they were driven from their ancient homes while being killed, beaten and violated often by gangs of roving young Czechs. This is not a page of history which the Czechs can be proud of. They still refuse to repeal the criminal Benes dictates resulting in tense relations with present-day Germany. World War II was not a 'good war' like they would have us believe. It was a 'bad war' like all wars. The Allies committed their share of atrocities and the criminal and bloody expulsion of the Germans from the Sudetenland was one of the worst.
5 May 2009 7:17 PM

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