The Deportation of the German Population from Czechoslovakia during 1945-1950 Years
Objective: to make historical and ethnopolitical analysis of deportation of the German population from Czechoslovakia during 1945-1950 years. Methods: descriptive, ethnohistorical analysis. Conclusions: The specificity of the Czech-German relations in the historical process is always dependent on the ethnographic map of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia. The deportation of Czech Germans in the middle of the twentieth century destroyed ethnocultural balance in the region. It was made resettlement of more than 3 million Germans. Number of victims of the mass ethnic cleansing of German minorities ranges from 100 to 250 thousand people. The deportation of Germans still causes heated debate within German society and serves as a major factor of tension in relations between Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic.