Economic and political developement of czech borderland, the so called Sudetenland, in the times of the Great depression

The aim of this work is to analyze the economy of czech borderland, the so called Sudetenland, in the time of the Great depression, and following nationalistic radicalisation of german minority of inter-war Czechoslovakia. The first part of this work is dedicated to the economic potential, characteristics of the industry and social background of czech borderland. Second part brings an analysis of the influence of different process of crisis in the borderlnad and in the innerland on further german minority's radicalisation. This part aswell considers the goverment's anti-crisis steps, and their diverse impacts on the borderland and innerland. In the very last chapter there is certain space for evaluation anti-crisis policies, and also political results of the crisis on german minority in the than Czechoslovakia. This work answers the question, why the great depression led to the radicalisation of Germans in Sudetenland, and why official anti-goverment policy didn't fulfill the expectations of Germans. The work depicts, that government's desire to meet the demand of german minority came too late, and only after the awareness of direct threat. The work targets on how briliant nazi propaganda was in abusing ordinary people's misery towards it's benefit, and whether great depression was crucial feature for German's reluctance of living in Czechoslovakia.