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The Escape of Persecuted Jews from Vienna in 1942.
Kordová, Magdalena ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Pelánová, Anita (referee)
Doctoral thesis "Escape of persecuted Jews from Vienna in 1942. Interpretative analysis of a diary" deals with an escape of a man and a woman across the Alps to Italy. The research aimed at studying two levels of the problém, the phenomenon of refuge as such, and a diary as an autobiographical resource, and provides its analysis. Considering the variety of the environments in which the escape happened, the authorhad to examine all possibilities to access the resources, and also the methods of verification. Thus archive documents were ušed along side with printed resources and artifacts. The diary is to be regarded as a resource, which first of all, records the event as such, and also as a document, which reflects the writeťs experience. The commentary through interpretation presents not only the so far unknown routě of an illegal passage of Austro-Italian border, but also discusses the relationship of the refugees, a man and a woman, in extreme conditions. Consequently it is shown that the term "emigration" is too complex and generál to be ušed precisely, especially in čase of an illegal escape. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Immigration and City: Integration Policies in Berlin and Vienna 1971-2011
Dimitrov, Michal ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Klípa, Ondřej (referee) ; Zimmermann, Volker (referee)
The doctoral thesis compares and interprets the development of local integration policies of (West) Berlin and Vienna in 1971-2011 on the background of the transformation of Germany and Austria from ethnically homogenous to multicultural countries. Both metropolises first balanced between refusing the permanent integration of immigrants ("temporary integration") and selection of foreigners suitable for integration, later searched for a balance between the traditional concept of assimilation and the more modern multicultural approach; in the last decade they favoured the diversity policy, in more or less close connection to the concept of interculturalism. Although both cities represent essentially similar cases, this development was not straightforward and simultaneous, especially in the first phase before the migration crisis at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. The research study focuses mainly on two questions: why the development of local integration policy in West Berlin started significantly earlier than in Vienna and why both cities started to support diversity policy at the beginning of the new century. The comparative framework derived from the "contrast of contexts" method interprets the development of local integration policies in the context of the national and transnational political...
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The Jewish Community in Prague 1945 - 1948
Wienerová, Sára ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Nešpor, Zdeněk (referee)
The diploma thesis concerns with the Jewish community in Prague during the years 1945 and 1948. Specifically, the emphasis is being put not only on the progress of post-war restitutions and their legislative adjustments but also on the progress and legislative adjustments of dispossession of individual Jewish property before and during the Second World War. The post- war praxis of restitutions examines specific and significant impact of Jewish institutions on the form and progress of the restitution. Main institutions are Jewish Museum in Prague and the Jewish Community of Prague with the most important Jewish personalities as their representatives. Difficulties related to the practice of restitution are analysed in detail and put into the context of the era subsequently. The thesis emphasizes the form of Czech antisemitism which had arisen from associating Jewish minority with the German one. The praxis of restitution then examines the above mentioned difficulties in the context of still existing antisemitism. The main sources for elaboration of the thesis are archive copies of the Journal of the Council of Jewish Religious Communities (časopis Rady židovských obcí in Czech) - Věstník, and other archive materials which are classified into the context of the era based on wide specialized literature...
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Nazi cultural policy in Düsseldorf 1933-1945
Mikulová, Soňa ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Pelánová, Anita (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to understand how the Nazis used and subordinated art to their power. It was necessary to concentrate the focus of this study on a specific region of the Third Reich. The choice of Düsseldorf as a frame for cultural-political studies of the years 1933-1945 was made because the city had been a cultural centre since the 18. century and it was a home of many famous artists, such as Heinrich Heine, Robert and Clara Schumann and Felix Mendelsohn-Bartholdy. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Architecture of Prague's Financional Institutions in the European Context
Šamšulová, Kateřina ; Altová, Blanka (advisor) ; Pešek, Jiří (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with architecture of financial institutions in Prague - banks, savings banks and insurance companies - from the middle of the 19th century (when the first representative headquarters of financial institution in Prague was built) to 1939. The research of the thesis is focused on territory of Prague New Town, which is included in town area of Prague 1, where the highest concentration of these financial buildings was in whole research period. The diploma thesis will register and interpret individual headquarters of financial institution in Prague in historical, economic and political context within the Czech lands and the Habsburg monarchy, then also within the Czechoslovak Republic; and in the context of urban and wider architectural development in Prague and Europe too. Key words: Architecture, urbanism, banks, savings banks, insurance companies, 19th and 20th century, Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, historic style, Art Nouveau, cubism, neo-classicism, functionalism.
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The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty on the Czech territory as documented in 1918-1938 textbooks
Menšík, Tomáš ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Tuček, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis, entitled "The rule of the Jagiellonian dynasty on the Czech territory as documented in 1918-1938 textbooks", observes the transformation of a historical fact regarding data concerning the period of the reign of the Jagellonian dynasty, as stated in Czech and Polish textbooks dating back to 1918-1938. The national and socio-political point of the emergence of both countries after 1918 is the basis for the observation and comparison of the presented historiographical content. The thesis focuses on the difference of the presentation of the historical content, as well as on the influence of a particular political period on the text editing of the content in history textbooks. The thesis begins with an introduction to the Jagellonian period. This is followed by a comparison of historical contents in Polish and Czechoslovakian history textbooks. Finally, this work also shows the effect of political situations on the transformation of historiography and the narrative of content regarding the Jagellonian period in history textbooks. Keywords: History textbooks, narrative, comparison, historiography,transformation.
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Tomas Bata school's educational system.
Symerská, Ilona ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Nešpor, Zdeněk (referee)
The thesis titles "The educational system in school of Tomas Bata" that is engaged in business and vocational education since the nineteen twenties by Bata in Zlin. Bata's educational system is described in the economic and social context and analyzes the demographic, economic, business, geographical and technical factors of that time, which has been proved to be crucial for its creation. The thesis also identifies the ideological sources of business education - corporate educational systems in the USA (operated in companies of Henry Ford and Milton Herschey) and focused on reasons for successful transfer of these overseas models into the environment in former Czechoslovakia. It also analyzes the major goals that the introduction of corporate training companies pursue. The thesis also deals with the different kinds of Bata School, describes their genesis and the relationship to the state education system. It describes in detail the development of the experimental schools in Zlin region and its organization, including training programs. The thesis also includes an analysis of the Bata social program that touches all sectors and activities in which Tomas Bata in the course of his life was involved. Keywords: enterprise education, vocational training, educational system, Bata education, experimental...
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Students of Philosophical Faculty Charles University in Prague in 1920 and 1938.
Zilvarová, Věra ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Ďurčanský, Marek (referee)
The present dissertation Female students of the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague in the academic year 1920/21 and 1938/39 is concerned with the comparison of the profile of female listeners from the various of perspectives. The discussed topics are among others: the increasing number of female listeners and their social, geographical and religious profile as well as their age, nationality and later in their life achieved success. The dissertation also reconsideres the development of female education in 19th and early 20th century, namely until the end of the First Republic. It also characterizes the development of women's feminist movement which since the 19th century sought primarily on women's right to education and career opportunities in areas that were previously defined only by men. One of the chapters is devoted to the issue of the penetration of women into the scientific area. An important part of work shows the approach in the organization of girls' High-school education in Bohemia in the second half of the 19th century and in the interwar period. The detailed analysis of studies at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University during the 20's and 30's of the 20th century has been done. The results of empirical research have been supplemented with data illustrating the overall...
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The Causes of the Student Protest Movement in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s
Renner, Tomáš ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Valenta, Martin (referee) ; Pažout, Jaroslav (referee)
The author of this dissertation thesis examines causes and intellectual sources of the student protest movement in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1960s. He presents two societal concepts of post-world war Federal Republic of Germany. The idea of formed society started in the intellectual circles of the federal chancellor Ludwig Erhard. It had its roots in the experience of economic and political downfall of the Weimar republic and the apocaliptic war that followed. The idea of the long march through institutions was formulated by leaders of the student protest movement who saw it as the only way to change society from within after the failure of marxist revolution in western Europe. Although both concepts lost their appeal in the course of history, they still remain an important contribution to the modernisation process of the Federal Republic of Germany and at the same time are an answer to the initial question concerning the causes of the student protest movement.
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A comparative study of British, French, and Austro-Hungarian pictorial propaganda during World war 1 in years 1914-1915
Beer, Kamil ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Alt, Jaroslav (referee)
English abstract The master's thesis compares aspects of British, French, and Austro-Hungarian pictorial propaganda at the beginning of the Great War and its argumentation and influence. By comparing 100 propaganda pictures (ex. various posters, newspaper illustrations, postcards, etc.) made by each of the countries, the thesis describes various image distinctions in three areas of research: concerning the dominant motives of the posters, concerning the human values and emotions, which the posters influenced, and concerning the usage of national signs in these media. Keywords: First world war, propaganda, posters, Great Britain, France, Austro-Hungary, comparative study
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