Publication details
"Beneš-Dekrete" von einer rechtlich historischen Perspektive
| Title in English | "Decrees of the President of the Republic" from the View of the Legal Historian |
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| Year of publication | 2010 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Journal on European History od Law |
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| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | Edvard Beneš; Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia; Beneš decrees; |
| Description | Decrees of the President of the Republic, more commonly known as the Beneš decrees, were a series of laws that were drafted by the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in the absence of the Czechoslovak parliament during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II and issued by President Edvard Beneš. The historical significance of the decrees are the subject of debate presently. The decrees are known for their portions that dealt with the status of ethnic Germans and Hungarians in postwar Czechoslovakia. Some historians believe that they laid the ground for the forced deportation of approximately three million Germans and Hungarians from lands held by their ancestors for centuries. |