The "Eichstätt Declaration" of 1949

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THE "EICHSTATT DECLARATION" - 1949


The so-called "Eichstatt Advent Declaration" was passed by Sudetengerman statesmen and scholars November 30, 1949, first Sunday of Advent. It demands repealing the expulsion and states principles for Sudetengerman policies on Europe. As precursor to the Detmold Declaration of January 25, 1950, the Wiesbaden Agreement of August 4, 1950 and the Expellee's Charta of August 5, 1950, it initiatorily formulates the central elements of Sudetengerman homeland-policy: renunciation of revenge and retribution, reconciliation (with the Czech people), creation of a free Europe on the basis of national self-determination and human rights

It states among other points:

"We Sudetengermans do not want retribution, but justice… Guided by this conviction, we want to encourage our ethnic group and all expellees to relegate the struggle for regaining their homes into the greater struggle for the Christian-humanist rebirth of Europe."

The undersigned::

Hans Schütz M.d.B. Richard Reitzner M.d.B.
Dr. Hermann Götz M.d.B.     Dr. Walter Zawadil M.d.B.
Wenzel Jaksch Dr. Walter Brand
Reinhold Riedel Ing. Friedrich Brehm
Dr. Wilhelm Turnwald P. Dr. Paulus Sladek O.E.S.Aug.
Dr. Walter Becher Dr. Rudolf Schreiber
Dr. Gottfried Preissler Dr. Emil Franzel
Dr. Eugen Lemberg Hermann Hönig
Dr. Walter Hergl

 


The already existing regional associations of Bavaria, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony-Bremen and Schleswig-Holstein-Hamburg formed the "Bundesverband der Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft" in Detmold, January 25-26, 1950. Dr. Lodgman von Auen was elected as first speaker for all of West Germany and as chairman of the provisional management.

 

 

 

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