A COMMUNITY IN DIRE STRAITS - SITUATION OF ETHNIC GERMANS IN SLOVAKIA DURING YEARS 1944-1946

• Authors: Olejník Milan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The tragic fate of German community was one of the tragedies, which were result of Hitler's policy of aggression and utter disregard for the human rights. Slovak Germans, similarly like other German communities living in Europe, became entangled in Nazi ideology and paid a high price for it. In many cases they became the victims of events, which were beyond their power to control them. When war ended, they were stigmatized as the enemies of Czechoslovakia and majority of them ousted from their homesteads to unknown fate. A continuity of life of community, which for centuries contributed to economic, cultural and social development of Slovakia, was broken. Today both sides - Slovaks as well as Germans are working together on revitalizing their common heritage.(http://www.saske.sk/cas/)

Keywords

EN

AUTONOMY; COMPULSORY TRANSFER; GERMAN MINORITY; NAZIFICATION; SLOVAK GERMANS

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences
• Journal: Človek a spoločnosť. Internetový časopis pre pôvodné teoretické a výskumné štúdie z oblasti spoločenských vied
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: -
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Olejník Milan

• Spoločenskovedný ústav SAV, Slovak Republic

• M. Olejnik, Spolocenskovedny ustav SAV, Karpatska 5, 040 01 Kosice, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08SKAAAA05009529