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Konrad Henlein

1898–1945 · 20th century

Konrad Henlein was the leader of the Sudeten German Party in Czechoslovakia, which he founded in 1933. Acting on Hitler's instructions, he raised demands that the Czechoslovak government could not meet, preparing the Munich Agreement of 1938. He then governed the annexed Sudetenland for Nazi Germany and killed himself in American captivity in May 1945.

Konrad Henlein
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