Beneš decrees
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The Beneš decrees are a series of post–World War II Czechoslovak presidential edicts, chiefly known for sanctioning the confiscation of property and expulsion of ethnic Germans and Hungarians from Czechoslovakia.
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal act
ⓘ
presidential decree ⓘ |
| appliesToCitizenshipStatus | collaborators with Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| appliesToEthnicGroup |
Sudeten Germans
ⓘ
ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia ⓘ ethnic Hungarians in Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| appliesToPeriod | post–World War II period ⓘ |
| appliesToTerritory | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| controversialIn |
Austria
ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ Germany ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Slovakia ⓘ |
| country | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| describedBySource |
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
ⓘ
surface form:
Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms debates
|
| endTime | 1945 ⓘ |
| follows | World War II ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
large-scale property transfer to the Czechoslovak state
ⓘ
mass expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia ⓘ mass expulsion of Hungarians from Czechoslovakia ⓘ revocation of citizenship for many ethnic Germans ⓘ revocation of citizenship for many ethnic Hungarians ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Decree No. 108/1945
ⓘ
Decree No. 12/1945 ⓘ Decree No. 33/1945 ⓘ Decree No. 5/1945 ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
collapse of Nazi occupation regime in Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
restoration of Czechoslovakia after 1945 ⓘ |
| inception | 1940s ⓘ |
| language |
Czech
ⓘ
Slovak ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
confiscation of property without compensation
ⓘ
forced expulsion ⓘ internment ⓘ labor duty ⓘ loss of citizenship ⓘ |
| legalForm | presidential edict ⓘ |
| legalStatusIn |
partly obsolete in Slovakia
ⓘ
still formally valid in Czech Republic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
confiscation of property
ⓘ
denaturalization ⓘ expulsion of ethnic Germans ⓘ expulsion of ethnic Hungarians ⓘ postwar retribution ⓘ |
| motivatedBy |
ethnic homogenization of Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
punishment of Nazi collaborators ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Edvard Beneš ⓘ |
| officeHolderSigning | President of Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Austrian political parties
ⓘ
German expellee organizations ⓘ |
| partOf | Czechoslovak legal system ⓘ |
| signatory | Edvard Beneš ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | many Czech political parties ⓘ |
| topicOf |
Czech–Austrian relations
ⓘ
Czech–German relations ⓘ Czech–Hungarian relations ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.