<P> In 1933 Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein founded the Sudeten German Party ( SdP ) which was `` militant , populist , and openly hostile '' to the Czechoslovakian government and soon captured two - thirds of the vote in districts with a heavy German population . Historians differ as to whether the SdP was from its beginning a Nazi front organization , or evolved into one . By 1935 , the SdP was the second largest political party in Czechoslovakia as German votes concentrated on this party while Czech and Slovak votes were spread among several parties . Shortly after the Anschluss of Austria to Germany , Henlein met with Hitler in Berlin on 28 March 1938 , where he was instructed to raise demands unacceptable to the Czechoslovak government led by president Edvard Beneš . On 24 April , the SdP issued a series of demands upon the government of Czechoslovakia , that were known as the Carlsbad Program . Among the demands , Henlein demanded autonomy for Germans living in Czechoslovakia . The Czechoslovak government responded by saying that it was willing to provide more minority rights to the German minority but it refused to grant them autonomy . </P>
<P> In 1933 Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein founded the Sudeten German Party ( SdP ) which was `` militant , populist , and openly hostile '' to the Czechoslovakian government and soon captured two - thirds of the vote in districts with a heavy German population . Historians differ as to whether the SdP was from its beginning a Nazi front organization , or evolved into one . By 1935 , the SdP was the second largest political party in Czechoslovakia as German votes concentrated on this party while Czech and Slovak votes were spread among several parties . Shortly after the Anschluss of Austria to Germany , Henlein met with Hitler in Berlin on 28 March 1938 , where he was instructed to raise demands unacceptable to the Czechoslovak government led by president Edvard Beneš . On 24 April , the SdP issued a series of demands upon the government of Czechoslovakia , that were known as the Carlsbad Program . Among the demands , Henlein demanded autonomy for Germans living in Czechoslovakia . The Czechoslovak government responded by saying that it was willing to provide more minority rights to the German minority but it refused to grant them autonomy . </P>
the munich conference considered germany 's demands on
the munich conference considered germany 's demands on
autonomy for Germans living in Czechoslovakia
autonomy for Germans living in Czechoslovakia