Poněkud neosobní portrét "věrného vůdcova paladina"
A Rather Impersonal Portrait of "Hitler's Loyal Paladin"

Summary/Abstract: The reviewed book titled “'Domů do říše': Konrád Henlein a Říšská župa Sudety (1939–1945)" (Prague: Argo, 2018), written by German historian Ralf Gebel is a translation of the German original „,Heim ins Reich!' Konrad Henlein und der Reichsgau Sudetenland 1938–1945" (München: R. Oldenbourg, 1999). The author closely links a biography of the German Sudeten politician and Nazi official Konrad Henlein (1898–1945) and the history of the region known as the Reichsgau Sudetenland, which existed from 1939 to 1945 in the territory of Czech borderlands ceded to the German Reich. In the reviewer’s opinion, the concept is good; she appreciates a relatively comprehensive presentation of the region’s history and links to the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, something that is not all that common in Czech historiography. On the other hand, she regrets that Henlein’s portrait focuses solely on his public career and utterly ignores his private life, which fact makes the result less plastic than it could be. The author’s use of sources is very meticulous and he does not resort to unfounded statements; his work is, in terms of facts it contains, very reliable.

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