GERMANS IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MESS. Sir.— Recently a correspondent of ‘The Times” was specially sent to Czechoslovakia to investigate the treatment of minorities, and he was by no means favourably impressed by w ha l he gathered. Dr. Benes, President of the Czech Republic, promised on May 20, 1919, that the rights of minorities in Czechoslovakia would be safeguarded; but that pledge has not been kept. Tens of thousands of Germans have been dismissed from their positions to make room for the Czechs, and other persecutions are in evidence, so that 5000 Germans committed suicide within 10 years. . Many people are under the impression that the Czech authorities are scrupulously fair in their treatment of minorities and that any suggestion of unfairness or persecution is due to German, or Nazi, propaganda. At last, however, it looks as though the truth is emerging, tardily though it be.— Yours, etc., „. FACTS; i Wellington, December t, 1937,
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22271, 9 December 1937, Page 7
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