Transfer of Germans from Broumov district

TITLE: Transfer of Germans from Broumov district AUTHOR: Jitka Bartošková DEPARTMENT: History and History Didactics Department SUPERVISOR: doc. Ph.Dr. Alena Míšková, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The present work studies a displacement process of German inhabitans from a former district Broumov in East Bohemia. Until 1946 Germans predominated in this place and Czechs represented the largest national minority there. Attention is focused on transfer in 1945 and 1946. In 1945 it took place on Czechoslovakian representatives' initiative and it was accompanied by many acts of violence. In the next year it was organized in agreement with international conventions, it was effected in more orderly manner and it had larger character. The utter most of German inhabitants was displaced from district Broumov at that time. Transfer was carried out by local authorities of state administration and police together with soldiers of Czechoslovakian army. Therefore attention is focused on conditions in this institutions, too. Official dokuments and reports resulted of its activity are the main source of this work. KEYWORDS: Transfer, Displacement, Expulsion, Politically unreliable people