



The agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of the Sudetenland in the face of ethnic demands made by Adolf Hitler. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September). Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Germany. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe, without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Was a settlement permitting Nazi Germany 's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation " Sudetenland " was coined.
