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The native German-speaking regions in 1930, within the borders of the current Czech Republic, which in the interwar period were referred to as the Sudetenland. The Sudetenland (/ s uː ˈ d eɪ t ən l æ n d / ⓘ soo-DAY-tən-land, German: [zuˈdeːtn̩ˌlant]; Czech and Slovak: Sudety) is a German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were ...
E399 Sudetenland Cardboard Factory; E406 in Zátor (Seifersdorf) at a brickyard; E411 in Szombierki (Schönberg), present-day district of Bytom, at the Szombierki Coal Mine (Hohenzollerngrube) (38 POWs), (Stalag VIII-B Teschen) E414 in Brzezie (Hohenbirken), present-day district of Racibórz, at a saw mill in Lukasyna/Dębicz (Lukasine)
Location of southern part of the Province of East Prussia (orange) Originally inhabited mainly by the pagan Old Prussians, the regions were conquered and incorporated into the state of the Teutonic Knights in the 13th and 14th centuries. Under the Teutonic Order, the region's towns were founded, woodlands were cleared and marshlands made arable ...
In elections held on 4 December 1938, 97.32% of the adult population in Sudetenland voted for the NSDAP (most of the rest were Czechs who were allowed to vote as well). About half a million Sudeten Germans joined the Nazi Party, which amounted to 17.34% of the German population in the Sudetenland (the average in Nazi Germany was 7.85%).
Today part of Czech Republic The Province of the Sudetenland ( German : Provinz Sudetenland ) was established on 29 October 1918 by former members of the Cisleithanian Imperial Council , the governing legislature of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire .
Stacie Peterson, director of exhibitions and collections at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, shows an historical office memo during the unveiling ceremony of a 100-year-old time capsule at ...
German name Czech name County 1939 Governmental-District 1939 Part of the land Market town since Town since Population 1939 Notes Abertham: Abertamy
Today almost all of the remaining light objects are freely accessible. Some of the heavy objects are also accessible, others may be rented or sold to enthusiasts. A certain number were turned into museums and two of the artillery fortifications, namely "Adam" and "Smolkov" are military munitions depot, Fort "Hůrka" being a munitions depot ...