Odsun německých obyvatel z Vyškovska ve vzpomínkách pamětníků

• Authors: Jarmila Pechová

Title variants

EN

Expulsion of German inhabitants from the Vyškov Area in memories of survivors

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

When evaluating German inhabitants memories relating to the 1946 expulsion, the significant criteria are the age and the gender of those participating, which have a crucial influence on the participants´ attitude to the events they experienced. The theme of the memories includes mainly preparations for the expulsion, farewell to home, hardships on the way, circumstances of the arrival, beginnings in a foreign environment, as well as gradual assimilation and improvement in the coexistence with domestic population. Sometimes, the theme includes post-war family re-unification, renewed contacts to friends, and care of mementoes that they brought from the former fatherland with them. The older German emigrants had grievances in relation to the Czechs, which - in the case of some of them - survived until their death. The younger generation, i.e. the expulsed children at that time, shows rather nostalgia, interest in the present-day life in their home towns and villages, and new contacts to their contemporary inhabitants. The expulsion of German fellow citizens was also reflected in experiences and recollections of the Czech residents in the Vyškov area. As to the bearer´s bias and experience, the expulsion was perceived either in a positive way with feelings of satisfaction, or in a negative way with expressions of sorrow and sympathy.

Keywords

EN

expulsion; Germans; Vyškov Area; memories; integration

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 35_(77)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 74-93
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Jarmila Pechová

• Česká národopisná společnost, z. s., Národní třída 3, 117 20 Praha 1, Czech Republic