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Cocaine abuse in the Czechoslovak republic in 1918 - 1938
Knížková, Iva ; Šejvl, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Petruželka, Benjamin (referee)
Backround: Cocaine is an addictive substance which was very popular during the First republic in higher society, although there was no historical tradition of its use. Interest in foreign culture, however, brought many phenomena to the Czechoslovak Republic, including drugs - hashish, morphine and cocaine. Aim: The aim of this work is to chart cocaine abuse in the Czechoslovak Republic during the First republic and describe this period in the context of drug use. Methods: I used content analysis of documents for data collection. The documents were categorized according the years of their release. I used text documents, sound and video recordings. Text documents were most often historical newspaper articles published during the First republic, but also literatue dealing with the relevant issues published in the later period. I also searched for sources from already published documents. Results and conclusion: Cocaine was abused in the Czechoslovak Republic during the First republic abundantly. At first, it was promoted as a miracle cure for the treatment of morphineism and also for its local anesthetic effect. Before long, however, its dependency potencial became apparent. Cocaine abuse often occured in culture and also in higher society. Many famous First Republic actors and actresses fell into...
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Military Chaplaincy in the Czechoslovak Army in the years 1918?1939 with special emphasis on the Roman Catholic Church
LAŇKA, Jiří Ignác
This dissertation deals with the history of military chaplaincy in the space of the historic Czech lands. It mainly focuses interwar period of the independent Czechoslovak Republic. The first part of this work deals with the history of activities of military clergymen until the time of founding of the First Republic and briefly passes through a period of many centuries. Then it informs about founding of Czechoslovak Army after year 1918. It notes especially the receipt and development of military chaplaincy until the reorganization of the armed forces in the thirties. Also, it informs about the development in a stable chaplaincy and about its general organization, both in peacetime and in time of the state of emergency. The next section informs about the activities of chaplains in different specific environments. The most comprehensive fifth chapter is dedicated to the life stories of individual chaplains. The consequential part shows life and work of the last chief of military chaplains General Jaroslav Janák. These biographies are key resources for understanding the real duty life of catholic military priests. This dissertation is primarily compiled on the bases of archive resources.
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Adolf Němec, missionary
JAROŠOVÁ, Magdaléna
This bachelor thesis describes the time context and the life of Adolf Němec. It presents the situation before his life to put his life into the historical context. The period he lived in was not easy - the time after the First World War, the economic crisis and then the Second World War and finally the rise of communism after the war. His risky escape across the border could have cost him his life if it had not been succesful. Adolf Němec was a brave man. He was not afraid to leave his family he never saw again. He did not hasitate to go to a foreign country where people spoke a language he almost didn´t know, practically off into the wilderness, where he faced death.
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Historical Sociological Aspects of Prague Rapid Transit Projects from the Competition of Elektrické podniky Company in 1931
Hrehora, Matúš ; Štemberk, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
1 Abstract This thesis discusses rapid transit system proposals from competition of Elektrické podniky company in 1931 that had been announced due to worsening traffic situation in the metropolitan area. The first part of this thesis serves as a framework for the second part - it introduces the history of Prague and railway transport in it until the first Czechoslovak republic and thus enables easier orientation in context of this issue. The second part itself consists of review of all competitive designs and then analyzes them through research questions, which are based on particular social aspects. To each of the following aspects, there is a specific subchapter devoted: inhabitation and economically significant areas in Prague, problems with public transport, selected functions of stations, trainsets and their capacitive sufficiency and comfort, planned changes in built-up areas in Prague. These then serve as tools for comparation and final evaluation of technical solutions from historical sociological perspective. For the research analysis in second part, archive materials of Dopravní podnik hlavního města Prahy are being used as a source, supplemented by thematically relevant literature in the first part. Key words: historical sociology, history of commuting, public transportation, social functions of...
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T. G. Masaryk's relations with Jews
Borovcová, Gabriela ; Pavlovská, Zuzana (advisor) ; Biernot, David (referee)
1 SUMMARY In my thesis I have attempted to describe and assess Masaryk's attitude to the Jews and to judaism. I have strived to describe the reality as objectively as possible basing on historical and secondary sources. Masaryk's attitude to the Jews must have gone through a certain personal development; however, it does not show many turns. His childhood was influenced by the anti-Semitism of that age. In Masaryk's case, anti-Semitism was connected especially to his mother who was prejudiced this way and who naturally influenced him. In my opinion, Masaryk's attitude to anti-Semitism became nevertheless defined during his maturing. The teenage and adult Masaryk definitely cannot be marked as an anti-Semite. However, he cannot be called a philo-Semite, either. Masaryk was a real democrat and a proponent of civil society, i.e. of a world where there is no place for any prejudice of the estates. As such he was necessarily egalitarian towards the Jews, too, who he understood in a very modern way as a nationality. Masaryk saw the Jews as humans first of all, only then as a nationality, a nation or a religious group. The scientific character of his attitude manifests itself also in the Hilsner case where Masaryk attempts by all means to disprove the ritual murder theory.
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Analysis of adult-education asociation activities in the Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938)
Rotkovská, Johana ; Šerák, Michal (advisor) ; Kopecký, Martin (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the analysis of the institutional national educational activities in the first Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938). The activity of the institutions is reflected in such a way that their tradition is taken into consideration, reaching mostly to the half of the 19th century, the period in which the Czech lands were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Essential political, economical and cultural society changes were co-determining the form of the educational activities. Newly designed laws subjected the educational work to standards and rules. A state guaranteed national educational system originated next to the traditional associations on voluntary basis. The relationship between the associational activities and the state national educational system in the years 1918-1938 is delimited , based on the resources available, both historical and modern. The main common points of and differences among the parallel national education systems in the first Czechoslovak Republic are identified in this work.
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Czech artist in the years 1968 - 1989: Servant or a hero? Stanislav Kolibal and Josef Malejovsky
Manová, Markéta ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Pech, Milan (referee)
Czech artist in the years 1968-1989: Servant or a hero? Stanislav Kolibal and Josef Malejovsky Introduction of the bachelor thesis outlines the political developments in Czechoslovakia in 1948-1989. The main theme will capture the difference between official and unofficial scene Czech artistic life in the years 1968-1989, represented artists Stanislav Kolibal and Joseph Malejovsky. The content will compare the conditions in which they formed during the normalization throughout their lives, before the normalization period, compare the quality of their work, and compare the regime/anti-regime attitude to art and not least their political position not only in artistic expression. Text in addition to life artists will also focus on the development of groups in which worked, exhibitions and other artistic expressions factors.
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