Ethnic issues in the western part of Czech Silesia from the perspective of state security forces in the years 1946 to 1948

Lubomír Hlavienka

Silesian University in Opava

Abstract

The article is aimed on the security problems connected with ethnic issues in the region of western part of Czech Silesia in years 1946–1948. After the end of World war II came to the Czech borderland great number of new residents. The article deals with the security corps’ attitudes towards members of individual nationalities and examines the differences in their perceptions.

Keywords:

Czechoslovakia, Third Republic, national minorities, Silesia, security