The Moral Cost of the Settlement

Munich

The immediate avoidance of war is weighed against the loss of Czech security, the strengthening of Hitler and the suffering of those already persecuted.

increasing

Bearing strength in each event

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Czech Fortifications Lost Czech Fortifications Lost from "Munich". Geography Decides Security The Map Presented The proposed transfer removes border areas containing Czechoslovakia’s defences.

Czech Fortifications Lost from "Munich". Geography Decides Security The Map Presented The proposed transfer removes border areas containing Czechoslovakia’s defences.

Geography Decides Security The Map Presented The proposed transfer removes border areas containing Czechoslovakia’s defences. A Vulnerable Remainder The Czechs warn that their reduced country can be cut apart quickly by Germany.

A Minority Evacuated A Minority Evacuated from "Munich". People Reduced to Clauses Transfer Conditions The agreement describes evacuation, property and the movement of populations through formal provisions.

A Minority Evacuated from "Munich". People Reduced to Clauses Transfer Conditions The agreement describes evacuation, property and the movement of populations through formal provisions.

People Reduced to Clauses Transfer Conditions The agreement describes evacuation, property and the movement of populations through formal provisions. Human Consequences The language of orderly transfer obscures the fear and displacement experienced by the people whose homes are reassigned.

Leyna’s Story Leyna’s Story from "Munich". Persecution Outside the Negotiating Room A Damaged Survivor Legat sees Leyna in a nursing home after imprisonment and severe abuse.

Leyna’s Story from "Munich". Persecution Outside the Negotiating Room A Damaged Survivor Legat sees Leyna in a nursing home after imprisonment and severe abuse.

Persecution Outside the Negotiating Room A Damaged Survivor Legat sees Leyna in a nursing home after imprisonment and severe abuse. The Human Meaning Her condition makes the regime’s racial and political violence more tangible than the leaders’ abstract language of peace.

The Unanswered Warning The Unanswered Warning from "Munich". Peace Purchased Today Hartmann’s Argument He warns that Munich will make Hitler more secure and encourage further expansion.

The Unanswered Warning from "Munich". Peace Purchased Today Hartmann’s Argument He warns that Munich will make Hitler more secure and encourage further expansion.

Peace Purchased Today Hartmann’s Argument He warns that Munich will make Hitler more secure and encourage further expansion. Chamberlain’s Choice The Prime Minister gives priority to avoiding immediate war despite the risk that the settlement will worsen the future danger.

The Children’s Masks The Children’s Masks from "Munich". The Family Remains in View Legat Returns Home He sees the children asleep beside their gas masks after the public celebrations have begun.

The Children’s Masks from "Munich". The Family Remains in View Legat Returns Home He sees the children asleep beside their gas masks after the public celebrations have begun.

The Family Remains in View Legat Returns Home He sees the children asleep beside their gas masks after the public celebrations have begun. Peace’s Unfinished Meaning The masks preserve the threat in the family home, even as the country celebrates the agreement.

29 September 1938, evening

Terms agreed on 29 September 1938

30 September 1938, pre-dawn

29 September 1938, late night

30 September 1938, late evening