Half of Czechs favor preserving Beneš Decrees

Growing number of Czechs favor abolishment of decrees that led to post-war expulsion of Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia

Society|Foreign Affairs

Tom Jones | 10.01.2012

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Cyechoslovakia§s second president, Edvard Beneš, signs the decrees for the expulsion of Germans and Hungarians

Opinion poll indicates more Czechs are now in favor of abolishing decrees issued by post-war Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš which provided the legal basis after WWII for the expulsion and confiscation of property of Sudeten Germans and Hungarians who could not prove they did not support the Nazis. More respondents have no clear opinion on the issue.

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