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The darkest place is under the candlestick. Involvement of Presidential Office employees in resistance activities during the Second World War.
Piják, Martin ; Čechurová, Jana (advisor) ; Šedivý, Ivan (referee)
The central resistance groups, with the help of their collaborators, gradually linked up with important state agencies, thus aiming to obtain the widest possible range of important information. This was also the case of the Presidential Office at the Prague Castle. The main objective of this thesis is to present lives of the employees of the Presidential Office who were involved in the Second Resistance Movement and who often sacrificed their lives when pursuing this activity. The emphasis is placed on analysis of their social and economic status. This thesis considers also other aspects that may have significantly influenced individuals' decisions to join the resistance (such as their military background, family). The names of the resistance participants are rarely remembered these days, and many of them have been forgotten, hence part of this thesis is also devoted to the question of the so-called second life of these individuals - commemoration of the deceased or the subsequent post-war fate of the survivors. Based on archived documents (such as dispatches to the government-in- exile) and other materials (e.g. memoirs of resistance movement participants) available today, the thesis further analyses involvement of the office staff in activities of the national resistance organizations and their...
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JUDr. August Adolf Popelka, President Hácha's Chancellor
Piják, Martin ; Čechurová, Jana (advisor) ; Kuklík, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the life and work of doctor of law, JUDr. August Adolf Popelka (1887- 1951), lawyer and official working for the President of the Czechoslovak Republic in years 1919-1945. Part of this thesis is based on a relatively wide range of archive materials from The Archives of The Office of the President of the Czechoslovak Republic. Documentation relating to the chapter dealing with Popelka's trial before The National Court and with his imprisonment comes from The National Tribunal fund in the National Archives. The thesis also examines the family background of August A. Popelka, in particular his father JUDr. Augustin Popelka, head of The Supreme Court, and his mother Ludvika Rottová Popelková, member of The National Theatre in Prague. keywords: August Adolf Popelka, Emil Hácha, The Office of the President of the Czech Republic, Prague Castle, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, The National Court, collaboration
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