we committed in 1945 would today be considered a grave violation of human rights, and the Czechoslovak government, along with President Beneš, would have found themselves in The Hague." His opponent, Miloš Zeman, seized on the statement to discredit Schwarzenberg, accusing him of being supported by Sudeten Germans. In June 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there had been "no moral or political justification" for the post-war expulsion of ethnic Germans. References External links 1945 documents Decrees Sudetenland Czechoslovak law Czechoslovakia in World War II Post–World War II forced migrations Ethnic cleansing in Europe Ethnic cleansing of Germans German diaspora in Europe Hungarian diaspora Minority rights Law of Slovakia Law of the Czech Republic Anti-Hungarian sentiment Anti-German sentiment in Europe United Nations Human Rights Committee case law Czech Republic–Germany relations