When the Czech Republic entered the European Union there
appeared space for close communication and integration of
German, Austrian and Czech citizens in different social fields.
The displacement of Sudetendeutchen is one of the current
topics that has to be understood to improve mutual neighbour
relations. It is a painful theme for all participants. However,
views and attitudes connected with it influence the everyday
international communication I am a witness of.
In this work I answer to questions and emotions that arose
after the project Okkupiert 1918, Vertrieben 1945, Vereint 2004
made by pupils of the elementary school Drasenhofen in 2005. I
am trying to show different approaches to one historic event as
they are presented in literature and emerge from my own
observation.

The result of it is three views of the displacement of
Sudetendeutschen.
From the Czech point of view I regard the displacement as
inevitable for emergence and maintenance of the independent
Czechoslovakia. In this context I perceive the displacement as
a result of frustration from the war time and oppression of the
Czech nation. However, the accompanying violence is
unacceptable and for the Czech it became a challenge to accept
our own guilt in the common history.
From the Sudetodeutschen point of view the displacement is
understood as the crime of all crimes but it misses broader
historical context. In such emotional approaches there appears
frustration from loosing their own home. Moreover, it was a
difficult time of integration into the host states. This is
showed in the view of indigenous Austrian inhabitants.
For mutual understanding of our common history it is necessary
to further discuss the period of the displacement in public and
reveal further circumstances and views of this subject.