Therefore, hard-to-dispel acrimony over Sudetenland-related issues not only nearly became, in 1938, the catalyst sparking World War II, but, in the aftershock of events at that time, now constitutes the greatest sore spot in German-Czech relations.

• 由此可见，纠结难解的苏台德问题不仅在1938年几乎点燃二次大战之源，时至2002年，其后续馀波仍牵动著德捷关系中最敏感的一环。