Moralisch-politischer Dissens in den deutsch-tschechischen Beziehungen

Since 1989 the German-Czech relationship has been burdened by the problem of a just assessment of World War II and the following forced transfer of the Sudeten Germans. Why are democrats on both sides who acknowledge the same values and principles unable to reach an agreement about crucial events in...

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Main Author: Pauer, Jan
Format: Others
Language:German
Published: Universität Potsdam 1998
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Online Access:http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-11371
http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2006/1137/
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Summary:Since 1989 the German-Czech relationship has been burdened by the problem of a just assessment of World War II and the following forced transfer of the Sudeten Germans. Why are democrats on both sides who acknowledge the same values and principles unable to reach an agreement about crucial events in the past? The political and legal differences imply a moral dissent which is not being discussed systematically. The article tries to investigate the deficits of the moral arguments on both sides.