Timeshift — Season 1, Episode 7: A Shadow Over Europe

Episode synopsis

In 1945, two and a half million ethnic Germans were driven from their homes in Czechoslovakia. Thousands died. Now, as the Czech Republic heads for EU membership, Charles Wheeler reports on how the Czechs made the Sudeten German minority pay for Nazi occupation, and why it became a hot political issue. This is a story about Germans as victims of World War II.

About Timeshift

Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Grunwick Strike
• E2The Cannabis Years
• E3The Writer's Trade
• E4The Sailing Sixties
• E5Attenborough: The Controller Years
• E6he Rise and Fall of the Comedy Straight Man
• E8Whatever Happened to the Working Class?
• E9Notting Hill Riots
• E10What Have the Germans Done for Us?
• E11Greenham Common Changed My Life
• E12Car Crazy
• E13The Magic Roundabout Story