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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.
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Between June and November 1946, the vast majority of German residents of 8 villages in the Vyškov area were expelled to Germany. target stations were München-Allach, Aalen, Regensburg, Karlsruhe and Ulm. Most people settled in the Aalen area in Baden-Württemberk, the second largest centre became the Karlsruhe area and Bretten in Bavaria. With good organization, diligence and hard work of the new settlers, mutual concessions as well as common Catholic religion, the integration of these people worked out. At the same time, many of them tried and still try to preserve the cultural heritage of their homeland. Costumes and photographs have been collected and customs and dialect have been recorded. Many articles have been sent to museums. since 1951, natives have held regular meetings in Aalen, they organize seminars, publish a journal and homeland study publications and organize exhibitions. Dance and costume group represents the Vyškov island in Germany and abroad. After 1989, cooperation with mayors of former German villages in the Vyškov area was initiated and natives support financially a number of projects.
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