Activities of the group of German minority in the Czech Republic, presented on the example off cultural centres in Reichenberg and Maffersdorf in the years 1989 - 1999

v aj Abstract Title: Activities of the group of German minority in the Czech Republic presented on the example of cultural centers in Reichenberg and Maffersdorf in the years 1989-1999. This bachelor thesis deals both with the situation of German minority after WWII living in Czechoslovakia and later in the Czech Republic and with their position in years 1945-1999. Above all, it concentrates on the rights of German minority and its changes during the years. It considers the foundation of German organizations in Czechoslovakia. It also analyses the activities of the cultural centers Reichenberg and Maffersdorf in years 1989-1999 and describes their cooperation with German or Czech organizations. The bachelor thesis analyses their activities in these newspaper-Sudeten newspaper in the years 1991 and in 1999 and in Czech newspapers Prager Volkszeitung and Prager Zeitung. To describe the activities of these organizations between years 1989-1999, this bachelor thesis uses above all interviews with members of both organizations because the literature dealing with this topic has not been published yet or the documents belonging to the organizations might have been destroyed