Abstract
The study delivers a complex analysis of the peace settlement with Germany from the mid-1940s up until now as well as of the involvement of Czechoslovakia and other Central European countries in this process. It is comprised of two main parts, a synthetic and an analytical one.
The former is concerned with the overall peace settlement process with Germany. Three case studies in the second part deal with the problem of German reparations, the right to homeland and to self-determination of the German expellees, and their property claims.
The contribution of the study consists in the complex approach to the subject that spans quite a long period, many issues, which were up until now subject of specialised contributions only, a considerable number of important governmental and non-state actors. This approach makes possible to display the peace settlement with Germany in its dynamics and complexity as well as the interdependence of its particular components.
In this way, the topic has never been approached either in Czech or in international historical research so far.