Dislacements and escapes of the Czech minority in the Kłodzko County after 1945 as an element of the ethnicity changes in Kłodzko County

Deportation and escape of the Czech population from the region of Kłodzko after the end of World War II led to the decline of this ethnic group from approx. 5.5 to just over 1 thousand people. The displacement was mainly due to the lack of differentiation between the Czechs the Germans who were subject to unconditional deportation after the war. The fact is that many Czechs were Germanized and they used the Czech language only at home. Many of them, fearing repressions, fled to Czechoslovakia, to the area of Nachod, where the Czech authorities and numerous organizations provided them with housing, food and work. In the 50s some of them went to Germany. Following the signature of the treaty of friendship between Poland and Czechoslovakia in March 1947, nationality verification was conducted by a joint committee which recognized approx. 1 thousand people as the Czechs. Those who returned to the region of Kłodzko after 1947 faced even the problems with reclaiming confiscated property.

Wysiedlenia i ucieczki ludności czeskiej z ziemi kłodzkiej po zakończeniu II wojny światowej doprowadziły do spadku liczebności tej grupy z ok. 5,5 tys. do niewiele ponad 1 tys. ludzi. Wielu Czechów było zgermanizowanych w związku z tym często nie rozróżniano obu grup, w konsekwencji czego Czesi byli wysiedlani w ramach wysiedleń Niemców. Istotna część Czechów opuściła Kłodzkie w obawie przed represjami i uciekła w okolice Nachodu. Tamże powstały organizacje niosące im pomoc. Nieliczni wrócili na ziemię kłodzką, po podpisaniu układu polsko-czechosłowackiego w 1947 r., lecz natrafiali na problemy dotyczące m.in zwrotu własności.