Poválečná repatriace jako mezinárodní problém, její východiska a participace Československa
The post-war repatriation as an international problem, its backgrounds and the participation of Czechoslovakia

Summary/Abstract: This article study describes the post-war repatriation as a specifictype of population movement in post-war Europe in 1945. In the opinionof some historians, this is where the modern refugee policy originated.The aim of this research is to find a basis on which the care for DisplacedPersons and the organizations of their repatriation was based after the endof World War II. Even during the war it was assumed that it will be a problemof considerable scope. Plans were therefore developed at the highest levelsof government and during the international negotiations on post-warreconstruction. The cooperation was then safeguarded particularly by theauthorities of UNRRA and SHAEF in collaboration with national institutionsfor repatriation in respective states. Czechoslovakia has, through its exilegovernment in London, participated in the negotiations from the beginning.A representative of Czechoslovakia was present in all committees planningthe future concept of the problem of Displaced Persons and their repatriation.During the negotiations, Czechoslovakia defined some specific requirements,in particular, the question of nationality and the rejection of repatriation ofGermans and Hungarians to the Czechoslovakia. The government also issueda special regulation to the repatriation liaison officers. The research also brieflyoutlines the postwar organization of repatriation in Czechoslovakia itself.

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