Prague
The German province of Bavaria this week protested the unveiling in Prague of a statue of Czechoslovakia’s first postwar president, Edvard Benes. One of Benes’ first official acts was to expel ethnic Germans from the Sudetenland, a Czech province heavily populated by Germans who supported the Nazis. Hitler annexed the province in 1938 and Czechoslovakia got it back after World War II. Descendants of the Sudeten Germans, most of whom now live in Bavaria, have been demanding reparations for what they say was an act of ethnic cleansing. This week, some Sudeten activists likened Benes to Stalin—a comparison Czech parliament speaker Lubomir Zaoralek called “ridiculous.”
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
How generative AI is changing the way we write and speakIn The Spotlight ChatGPT and other large language model tools are quietly influencing which words we use
-
Can Nato keep Donald Trump happy?Today's Big Question Military alliance pulls out all the stops to woo US president on his peacemaker victory lap
-
Easy Money: the Charles Ponzi Story – an 'enlightening' podcastThe Week Recommends Apple Original podcast explores the 'fascinating' tale of the man who gave the investment scam its name
