The way that the Czech Republic handled the latest bone findings in Jedlova shows how superficially they treat the dead.
It is incomprehensible that after the case in Dobronin the 283 skulls that were found in Jedlova are to be buried without further DNA analyses. Without this analyses, no one will ever know what happened there or to whom these bones belong. Former Germans from the Adlergebirge (a mountain range in the Czech Republic) have been trying to find the whereabouts of there missing family members for many years. They were killed in Jedlova after the war in May of 1945. Is the Czech state trying to keep this part of history under lock and key because the expulsion of the Germans was especially cruel? They vehemently deny the past. It was not enough that the Germans were chased away and that their properties and fields were divided up between the Czechs. No, they refuse to give the remaining living witnesses the opportunity to tell their memories of the past. It would be easier if no one asked what happened. More and more mass graves are being found that beg for clarification. The spectacular findings in Dobronin and their processing appears to be a diversionary tactic only, if the 283 skulls found in Jedlova are not examined. The manner in which the Czech Republic handles the mass grave sites supports the supposition that a genocide of unknown proportions was committed on the “Sudeten”-Germans. How does Czechia expect to exist beside its European partners if they are not willing to admit the truth? One truth remains: The dead are not quiet!Birgit Krone, Stuttgart, 22.09.2010
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