Czech-German Forum highlights progress in bilateral relations

The current state of Czech-German relations demonstrates how deeply-rooted historical burdens can be overcome through sustained dialogue, Rudolf Jindrák, co-chair of the Czech-German Discussion Forum and Czech ambassador to Slovakia, said at the forum’s annual conference at Prague’s Černín Palace on Saturday.

Bernd Posselt, the highest political representative of the Sudeten Germans, stated that the shared task of Czechs and Germans is to understand their history and draw lessons for the present and future.

Posselt, who heads the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft, described the plan to hold next year’s Sudeten German Congress in Brno as a logical step in the steady, harmonious development of relations between the Czech Republic and Germany.

The event, representing Germans expelled from Czechoslovakia after World War II and their descendants, is scheduled for 22–25 May and will mark the 76th edition. Sudeten Germans were invited to hold the session in Brno by the Meeting Brno festival.