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Eleonora Mendlova. A biography.
Hošková, Anežka ; Hnilica, Jiří (advisor) ; Pokorný, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to scrutinize the story of life of Eleonora Mendlova, the wife of Bedrich Mendl, the first professor of economic history at Charles University. The thesis enables the reader to give a closer look at the Mendl family who, undoubtedly, belongs to the cultural elites of the Czechoslovakia. With the analysis of the extant sources, it is providing a thorough image of the life of Eleonora Mendlova and her family at the background of the dramatic events of the last century. Eleonora Mendlova, born Mrackova, started her study career at the private comprehensive school Minerva and then she continued with her study at the Faculty of Philosophy at the Charles University which she did not finish. She got married to Bedrich Mendl who worked for the National Regional Institute. His work required visiting various Czech and European archives. Thanks to the travels, we can follow the story of life of a woman in the shade of a big man during the unsettled political situation. The life of Eleonora Mendl was marked considerably by the both World Wars, especially by the death of her husband during the period the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia because of his Jewish origin. She spent her old age living with her three children. She participated greatly on the publication of the...
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Sonderlager Bystřice u Benešova
Hošková, Anežka ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Nováková, Tamara (referee)
The present bachelor thesis focuses on the Sonderlager labour camp that was operated during the war in Bystřice u Benešova for the so-called mixed race Jews. The first section of the three-part work briefly deals with the history of the Waffen SS training ground in Central Bohemia. This is followed by the most important section on the Sonderlager in Bystřice, the place of internment of prisoners assigned for construction works for the newly-formed training ground. After the war, this camp was made into a detention facility for the Germans bound for removal from the country. The concluding section aims at mapping the knowledge of the Sonderlager phenomenon among the inhabitants of Bystřice. The work is based on archive documents, primary sources, and recollections of contemporaries. Some inrotmation was taken from secondary literature. Keywords: Bystřice u Benešova, SS training ground, Sonderlager, prisoners, mixed race Jews, internment camp Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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