Kadaň Memorial
The Kadaň Memorial is a place of remembrance in the Czech city of Kadaň ( German Kaaden an der Eger ). It was built for 25 Sudeten German Kaadener who were shot in March 1919 and for the Kaadener expelled after World War II .
background
On March 4, 1919, Sudeten Germans demonstrated in the then newly constituted Czechoslovakia in favor of remaining in German Austria . The German areas had been occupied by Czech troops between November 1, 1918 and January 31, 1919.
The specific reason for the demonstrations of March 4, 1919 was the opening session of the constituent National Assembly of German Austria, in which the Germans of the disputed areas of Bohemia , Moravia and Austrian Silesia, in contrast to the previous Provisional German-Austrian National Assembly , elected from 1911 Reichsrat members existed, were no longer represented due to the Czech being unable to vote.
After the end of the Second World War, the Sudeten Germans were forced to leave their homeland under threat and use of force. Around three million people were displaced. In September 2009, memorial plaques were placed on the north side of the cemetery to commemorate the victims.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Minutes of the Constituent National Assembly for German Austria (alex.onb.ac.at)
- ^ Eva Schmidt-Hartmann : The expulsion from a Czech perspective. In: Wolfgang Benz (Ed.): The expulsion of the Germans from the East: causes, events, consequences . Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-596-24329-7 , p. 147.
- ^ The honorary grave September 2009 In: heimatkreis-kaaden.de , accessed on April 19, 2018.
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 49.1 ″ N , 13 ° 16 ′ 46.3 ″ E