Edvard Benes yesterday and today: the burden of the legacy of the president of contemporary Czech politics

Abstract

The aim of the work is to introduce the President of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš and his policy with a strong emphasis on its consequences. The first part of the essay is concerned with Beneš' policy until the end of the Second World War.

The second part of the essay is dealing with the policy after the war and especially with the expulsion of the Sudeten Germans from Czechoslovakia. There are studied not only the actions of the President but also its implications today.

These implications are examined in contrast with an increasing nationalism in Europe today.

Keywords

• Edvard Beneš
• Czechoslovakia
• Sudeten Germans
• nationalism