Politics
Czech Republic: Opening up to History
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After the Second World War, some three million ethnic Germans had to leave their homes in Czechoslovakia behind and resettle in West Germany or further afield. Most the people who moved into their houses and villages didn’t want to know about the previous residents. The citizens of the tiny village of Dekov are different, are however. They’ve been avidly researching the German history of their region - and helping to overcome the prejudices.