September 29, 2026

Which controversial set of post-war Czechoslovak presidential orders drove the mass expulsion of the mostly German-speaking populations of Jáchymov and of Dolní Věstonice from their homes in 1945 and 1946, with Czech settlers moving in afterwards?

A Wien's displacement law
B Beneš decrees
C Transcarpathia
D Pidkamin settlement hromada

The Beneš decrees, a set of post-war Czechoslovak presidential orders, led to the expulsion of the mostly German-speaking populations of both Dolní Věstonice and Jáchymov in 1945 and 1946, who were replaced by Czech settlers.

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