Overview

• The Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft awarded Markus Söder the European Charles Prize at the closing ceremony of the 75th Sudetendeutscher Tag in Regensburg.
• Söder was lauded as a “treuer Freund” for championing the integration of Sudeten Germans into Bavarian society and for backing the Sudetendeutsches Museum in Munich.
• He praised the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft as Germany’s largest peace movement and underscored reconciliation over revenge in German–Czech relations.
• The three-day Pfingsttreffen carried the motto “Aus Krieg und Vertreibung lernen. Für Frieden und Freiheit kämpfen,” highlighting lessons from war and expulsion.
• Named after Emperor Charles IV, the European Charles Prize honors contributions to European unity and past recipients include Jean-Claude Juncker and Volodymyr Zelenskyj.