European court rejects Sudeten German complaint against CzechRep
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg rejected the complaint filed by 90 Sudeten Germans against the Czech Republic as unsubstantiated on December 13, Justice Ministry spokesman Petr Dimun said.Sudeten Germans complained against the confiscation of their or their ancestors' property on the basis of the post war decrees of Czechoslovak President Edvard Benes. The group of Sudeten Germans primarily criticised the fact that the Czech Republic did not admit they had suffered wrongs and did not offer a compensation for the confiscated property.
In December 1945, Czechoslovak representatives estimated the value of the Sudeten Germans' confiscated property at 300 billion Czechoslovak crowns.
...
The Benes decrees provided for the confiscation of the property of collaborators, traitors, ethnic Germans and Hungarians, except for those who themselves suffered under the Nazis. They also formed a basis for the transfer of the former groups from Czechoslovakia.
This judgement (whether correct or not, I do not know) is probably better for the long-term health of Czech-German relationships, although, many Germans have been treated unfairly and are probably due some compensation. But I imagine, that most Germans don't care about that while most Czechs do. Hopefully, the two nations can focus on the future now.






