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Destiny of Jews from Říčany
Strejčková, Lucie ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Michaela (referee)
Author's name: Lucie Strejčková School: Charles University, Prague Faculty of Education Department od Civic Education and Philosophy Field od study: Training Teachers of General Subjects at Lower and Higher Secondary Scholls (Czech Language - Social Sciences) Title: The Destiny of Jews from Říčany Consultant: doc. PhDr. Jan Županič, Ph.D. Number of pages: 92 + attachments Number of attachments: 13 Year: 2013 Key words: Jews, Říčany, anti-semitism, holocaust, shoah, Final Solution to the Jewish Question, concentration camp The aim of this thesis is to describe the individual fates of Jews originated from Říčany, particularly during the Second World War. Generally it presents the fates of Holocaust victims. Moreover it deals with the inevitable questions which are impossible to omit - "Final Solution of the Jewish Question, Discriminatory measure against Jews and subsequent consequences in their daily life. Additionally it is focused on the issues of transports to concentration camps in the context of Říčany.
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Holocaust Denial in the United States of America
Bašíková, Jaroslava ; Kubátová, Hana (advisor) ; Šafařík, Petr (referee)
The Holocaust denial is one of the manifestations of anti-Semitism in modern times, which emerged after the World War II in Western Europe. It soon expanded into the United States, where it due to the several factors it consequently gained momentum. In the seventies and eighties it reached its peak and the Institute for Historical Review, the most important organization of deniers, was founded. Holocaust deniers call themselves revisionists, followers of the tradition of the legitimate historical trend that emerged after the World War I. They declare their goal as the revision history, the search for historical truth and fight for freedom of speech. They utilize a means of pseudo and public biased academic work in order to discredit the Holocaust as a recognized historical fact. This bachelor thesis Holocaust denial in the United States aims to describe the historical development of the phenomenon of Holocaust denial and its basic characteristics in the USA. Another objective is to answer the question why Holocaust denial is so widespread in the United States and whether it is a serious social problem.
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A poet Ilse Weber and her destiny in the War II
Čížková, Helga ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Knoll, Ursula (referee)
The purpose of this study is to focus on the destiny of an unknown Jewish poet Ilse Weber (1903-1944). In the first part, the emergence of the Holocaust Literature is presented. The thesis then illustrates the history of the Jewish population in the Czech lands. The main attention is paid to the life and writings of Ilse Weber. She was born in Vítkovice near Ostrava and wrote in German, notably songs, fairy tales and theater pieces for children. During her imprisonment in the Terezín concentration camp she wrote around sixty poems, which were luckily saved. These writings describe the horror of her surroundings. Her husband and the older son survived the war, Ilse and the younger boy were sent to the gas chamber on arrival at Auschwitz in October 1944. In conclusion, the thesis argues that this forgotten poet was an admirable personality, who was able to grasp emotions and give hope to others in hard times. KEYWORDS Holocaust, World War II, literature, Jews, Terezín.
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Jewish Community in Čkyně
Smilová, Jana ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Foltýn, Dušan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to introduce the perished Jewish community in Čkyně, especially its last members. The work is based on the study of the archival documents in the relevant archives and on the articles in the regional volumes. The first part of this work contains the literature and archival sources used in this work. Then the introduction of the history of the jewish community from the end of the 16th century to the period of the World War II follows. These are supplemented with the basic pieces of information about the history of the Jews in Bohemia. Without that it would not be possible to set this small community into a wider context. The main part of this work is to elaborate the fates of the last members of this Jewish community which is mostly based on the study of the archival documents. The stories of lives of the particular people who had belonged to this community or had been in some kind of contact with it are described. These stories make the theoretical part about the history of the Jewish community a very personal and approachable matter. This part ends with the description of the holocaust which brought this Jewish community into its end. A special chapter is given to the Jewish cemetery and the synagogue which are the only visible reminder of the Jewish settlement at this place.
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The holocaust as a social phenomenon
Moravská, Dorota Tabitha ; Petrusek, Miloslav (advisor) ; Kotík, Michal (referee)
The work deals with Holocaust denial as a social phenomenon that is considered to be a form of anti-Semitism. It describes the roots of Holocaust denial in Europe and in the USA and its subsequent extension in other parts of the world, focusing especially on Arabic/ Muslim countries where this phenomenon represents part of the official propaganda and constitutes and active element of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The thesis then depicts the methodology of Holocaust denial which leads to the thought that the Holocaust denial is a means used by individuals or groups whose goal is to enforce their broader ideological intentions and thus in its fundamental nature it resembles the activities of totalitarian ideologies and regimes for whom history manipulation has been an effective strategy. At the end, based on the findings of sociological research, the paper tries to outline the extent of success of the Holocaust denier's effort in broader public.
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History of the transports Dl and Dm from Teresienstadt to Auschwitz
Strmisková, Sabina ; Míšková, Alena (advisor) ; Václavů, Lubor (referee)
The theme of this thesis is the history of two transports, transports Dl and Dm dispatched september 6 1943 from ghetto Terezín to Auschwitz. It is possible to find a lot of information in many publications, but this thesis introduces this subject throught testimonies of eyewitnesses. Starting with the family background, continuing with deportation to Theresienstadt from where the transports were dispatched. Concerning the transport to Auschwitz, I elaborated its characteristics looking at the age and sex of the transported inmates. Due to the witness's testimonies, I tried to concentrate on the history of two day's journey to the biggest extermination camp during the second world war. And the eyewitness's testimonies are illustrating all the welcoming ceremony, the desinfection, tattoo and dormitory allocation. In my thesis, I would like to describe the Terezin inmates' biannual stay in family camp B IIb, tragical death of 3 792 of them at night of 8 to 9 March 1944, seeking to recreate the Dr. Mengele's list of medical personnel and twins. Finally, I would like to emphasise the fate of 41 survivors of those transports.
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The Representation of Shoah: Children Writing the Holocaust
Vlasáková, Šárka ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Mravcová, Marie (referee)
Aim of this diploma thesis is to compare different forms of narrating of the holocaust through Children's eyes. Pure child's narration has much bigger impact on reader than narration of an adult, enriched with metaphors and attributes. In this way child's point of view extends the ethical dimension of holocaust narration. We will examine the discourse of child's narration in three diaries (The Diary of David Sierakowiak, The Diary of Mary Berg, The Beautiful Days of My Youth by Ana Novac), one Fictional diary (The Unloved. From the Diary of Perla S. by Arnošt Lustig) and a novella (Child of the Shadows by Henryk Grynberg). Children's narrators of the holocaust are characterized by psychological maturity, which contrasts with their official age. On the other hand they reveal childishness, while growing up, because of their unfinished childhood. In those books we will examine changing of the narrators discourse and his depiction of space (ghetto, concentration camp, shelter) and persons (family, friend, Nazis). We will also focus on distinct motives that form these books (e.g.: hunger, guilt, comic, Paradise, game).
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