Sudeten German Day
The Sudeten German Day has been a meeting of the Sudeten Germans that has been held annually at Pentecost since 1950 and regularly attracts tens of thousands of visitors.
From 2000 to 2007 it took place alternately in Nuremberg and Augsburg , previously in other cities in southern Germany - the only venue north of Frankfurt am Main was Cologne in 1961 . Vienna was chosen as the venue outside of Germany three times , namely in 1959, 1977 and 1983. Around 300,000 visitors came there in 1959 and around 180,000 in 1977.
Essential components of the Sudeten German Day are the folk evening and the folk dance festival or the Bohemian village festival on Pentecost Saturday as well as the mass and main rally on Pentecost Sunday. Afterwards, meetings will take place in the exhibition halls according to home landscapes and home districts.
Public discussions repeatedly triggered the negative attitude of the plenary towards prominent guest speakers such as the then Bundestag Vice President Antje Vollmer .
For the first time took at Pentecost in 2016 a member of the Government of the Czech Republic at the Sudeten day part: Culture Minister Daniel Herman expressed in one on German speech delivered regret for the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from. The Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer, as patron of the event, called Herman's appearance “historic” and a “great moment in Bavarian-Czech relations”.
Venues and guiding principles since 1950
- 1950 Kempten "Give us back our home"
- 1951 Ansbach
- 1952 Stuttgart "Loyalty to home"
- 1953 Frankfurt am Main "For the freedom of our homeland!"
- 1954 Munich
- 1955 Nuremberg
- 1956 Nuremberg
- 1957 Stuttgart
- 1958 Stuttgart "Home - Germany - Europe"
- 1959 Vienna "For home and the right to self-determination!"
- 1960 Munich "Loyalty to the law"
- 1961 Cologne "Unity and Law and Freedom"
- 1962 Frankfurt am Main "Right to Peace"
- 1963 Stuttgart "Free Homeland - United Europe"
- 1964 Nuremberg "Reconciliation yes - renunciation no"
- 1965 Stuttgart "Peace through human rights"
- 1966 Munich "Law will win"
- 1967 Munich "No peace through new injustice"
- 1968 Stuttgart "Steadfast and loyal!"
- 1969 Nuremberg "For Just Peace"
- 1970 Munich "For a free Europe - peace through partnership!"
- 1971 Nuremberg "Committed to freedom, peace and justice!"
- 1972 Stuttgart "Our mission remains freedom and self-determination!"
- 1973 Munich "25 years of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft - fate of an ethnic group!"
- 1974 Nuremberg "20 years of patronage - thanks to Bavaria!"
- 1975 Nuremberg "UN hear us too - 30 years of expulsion!"
- 1976 Stuttgart "Free Homeland - United Europe!"
- 1977 Vienna "Preserve the legacy - shape the future!"
- 1978 Nuremberg "Pioneers of construction - guarantors of freedom!"
- 1979 Munich "Free Homeland - Free Europe!"
- 1980 Stuttgart "The truth will win!"
- 1981 Frankfurt am Main "Unity and Law and Freedom!"
- 1982 Nuremberg "Peace in Freedom"
- 1983 Vienna "Be right - be a bridge!"
- 1984 Munich "Sudetenland - Bavaria - Germany - Europe!"
- 1985 Stuttgart "Law remains right - despite eviction!"
- 1986 Munich "Justice creates peace!"
- 1987 Nuremberg "Self-determination and partnership!"
- 1988 Munich "Law and Freedom - Foundation of Partnership!"
- 1989 Stuttgart "Europe - Freedom - Law and Partnership!"
- 1990 Munich "Shaping the future together!"
- 1991 Nuremberg "Courage for truth and justice!"
- 1992 Munich "Law serves peace!"
- 1993 Nuremberg "Outlaw expulsion - respect homeland law!"
- 1994 Nuremberg "Together for Europe - Forty Years of Patronage"
- 1995 Munich "50 years of expulsion - injustice does not expire!"
- 1996 Nuremberg "Protect the law - shape the future!"
- 1997 Nuremberg "Our mission remains - Justice creates peace!"
- 1998 Nuremberg "Truth and Law - Foundation for Europe!"
- 1999 Nuremberg "Right to home - building block for Europe!"
- 2000 Nuremberg "Outlaw expulsion worldwide!"
- 2001 Augsburg "Protect human rights - be a bridge"
- 2002 Nuremberg "Future Europe - Peace and Law"
- 2003 Augsburg "Expulsion separates - home and law connects"
- 2004 Nuremberg "Respect human rights - outlaw displacement"
- 2005 Augsburg "Overcoming displacement - creating balance"
- 2006 Nuremberg "Expulsion is genocide - the future belongs to the right to a home"
- 2007 Augsburg "We Sudeten Germans - Bridge to Homeland"
- 2008 Nuremberg "For homeland and human rights"
- 2009 Augsburg "Committed to history - shaping the future"
- 2010 Augsburg "Common History - Common Future in Europe"
- 2011 Augsburg "Dialogue and Truth - Shaping Neighborhood"
- 2012 Nuremberg "Maintain our origins - secure the future"
- 2013 Augsburg "The future needs a home"
- 2014 Augsburg "Understanding History - Shaping the Future"
- 2015 Augsburg "Human rights without borders"
- 2016 Nuremberg "Committed to dialogue"
- 2017 Augsburg "Seeking Understanding - Shaping Central Europe"
- 2018 Augsburg "Culture and Homeland - Foundations of Peace"
- 2019 Regensburg "Yes to home in the heart of Europe"
Single receipts
- ↑ Czech Minister visits Sudeten German Day , faz .net, May 15, 2016.
