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Transfer of Germans from the Carlsbad Region in 1945-1947
Slámová, Jana ; Čechura, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is the German depopulation of Karlovy Vary region during the years 1945-1947. This thesis is focused primarily on the time after the Second World War, when Karlovy Vary region were inhabited mainly by Germans. In the first part of the thesis I will outline the characteristics of the period that preceded the events that led to Adolf Hitler's rise to power. I will also adress first ideas of expulsion, first formulated by the president-in- exile Edvard Beneš, and the following hateful atmosphere that led to retaliation for years of oppression by Germany, that was spread throughout the whole Czech nation. I would like to address the causes, the process and the consequences that led to the displacement of the German population from Czechoslovakia. The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to explore primarily the period from 1945 to 1947, but also the period of the First republic and the life of the Jewish population in the border region of west Bohemia. Keywords Transfer, Germans, Jews, Czechoslovakia, Munich Agreement, World War II., Carlsbad, Marienbad, Drmoul
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Appraisal of Edvard Beneš in different interpretations of accepting the Munich Agreement
Oraiqat, Jakub ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Smetana, Vít (referee)
Presented bachelor thesis examines different interpretations of accepting the Munich agreement and their influence on evaluation of the second president of Czechoslovakia Edvard Beneš. He was responsible for the foreign policy of the interwar Czechoslovakia and assumed decisive role in the Munich crisis. Because of these reasons the Munich agreement is mostly associated with the name of Edvard Beneš. Submitting to the Munich agreement is frequently interpreted differently and because of that there are significant differences in evaluation of the political deeds of Edvard Beneš. Reason behind these differences is a question whether should Czechoslovakia defy the Munich agreement and the nation defend itself against the German aggression. The answer to this question determines the method of interpreting the submission to the Munich agreement and also the appraisal of Edvard Beneš. That leads to a schism. From one point of view Edvard Beneš is described as a saviour of the nation but from the other one he is labelled as the one who broke the moral backbone of the same nation. We can find many questionable arguments behind interpretations of the submission to the Munich agreement as a mistake. There is a tendency to compare. But most of the comparisons are not suitable. There are also signs of...
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The End of Faith in Burning Lights in England: The Transformation of Britain's Position on the Czech Mental Map in 1938
Kudrnová, Johana ; Matějka, Ondřej (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
Western orientation of the interwar Czechoslovak foreign policy was based on a longterm effort to extricate the territory from a German sphere of influence and on the circumstances of its formation in 1918. A generally accepted narration about the friendship of France and Britain resulted in a deep mental shock after the messages about the signing of the Munich Agreement reached Czechoslovakia on the 30th of September 1938. Consequently, Czechoslovakia reoriented itself towards East. The aim of this diploma thesis is to capture this sudden turn through an analysis of the British image in selected Czech journals. Britain is in this regard examined as one of two most important interwar allies of Czechoslovakia. Discoursive analysis is applied to articles appearing in three periodicals, which represent three interwar ideological groups. Namely, the diploma thesis works with Lidove noviny, which were constructing an image influenced by the foreign policy orientation of the Castle, Venkov, which acted as a press agency of the most powerful political party, and Rude pravo, whose editorial line was comparatively noncomformist and thus represents a desirable alternative.
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The Czechoslovak Exile Government during the Second World War and its Attempts for the Repundiation of the Munich Agreement by France and Great Britain
Placák, Václav ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
Bachelor's thesis " The Czechoslovak Exile Government during the Second World War and its Attempts for the Repundiation of the Munich Agreement by France and Great Britain" examines the development of the struggle of the Czechoslovak exile government's own recognition as the legitimate representative of the Czechoslovak Republic and the associated repundation of the Munich Agreement. Thesis in the period 1938-1942/3 examines the process of the formation of our exiled government abroad, its recognition by world powers and repundation of the Munich Agreement with a brief account of some events that preceded the Munich conference and the war. It uses the method of descriptive case study. Based on these information it is clear that the above process was the result of complex diplomatic negotiations. The UK government hesitated many times and had a number of comments. The situation has always changed with how the war changed the situation on the battlefields of World War II. The Czechoslovak government in exile eventually reached the repundation of the Munich Agreement by France and Great Britain. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Journalist and politician Hubert Ripka
Pavlát, David ; Gebhart, Jan (advisor) ; Čechurová, Jana (referee) ; Kvaček, Robert (referee)
During the first republic, Hubert Ripka (1895-1958) was one of the most active democratic orientated journalists and closest colleagues of minister of foreign affairs and later president Edvard Beneš. His political and journalist beginnings are connected with national democratic group Mladá generace. What was crucial for Ripka's career was the split between left and right wings of Mladá generace in 1920, when he - after the victory of the right wing - withdrew. Antonín Pešl brought him to the Národní osvobození, which was associated with Československá obec legionářská and politics of Hrad. In the area of foreign policy he focused above all on monitoring political and cultural life in Jugoslavia, he became a secretary of Československo-jihoslovanská liga, member of Slovanský ústav, he contributed to the Jugoslavian periodicals and to the renovated Slovanský přehled. Ripka's most important lecture activity was associated with prestigious Klub Přítomnost. He worked in Lidové noviny since 1930, yet he still contributed to a lot of other periodicals. With growing threat of Pangermanism he concentrated on all kinds of support of Little Entente. He made informative foreign trips since 1932, from which he brought summary reports to E. Beneš. In 1934 he participated significantly in the programme of...
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Bi-party political system in Czech lands 1938 - 1939: National Union Party and the National Labour Party
Kulíšek, Vítězslav ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Brabec, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with Czech political system in the second Czechoslovak Republic (1938 - 1939). In this historically short period, liberal democracy has changed into an authoritative democracy. The power of the right-wing parties prevailed in the political system. In the case of Czech countries a bi-party political system, which is unique in Czech history, has been created. The main aim of the diploma thesis is to describe the political party system in the Czech lands in the Second Republic period, and to look at the political parties that formed it. It also deals with the Second Republic in general, with the historical, economic, cultural and social context of that time. In the final part, there are summarized all the conclusions I came to. The sources were mainly archive sources, specialized literature dealing with the subject and political party periodicals but even non-political periodicals from that time. KEYWORDS Antonín Hampl, authoritarian democracy, Czech - Slovak Republic, Second Republic, Bi-party political system, Munich agreement, Nazi Germany, National Labour Party, Rudolf Beran, National Union Party
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The Consequences of Munich Agreement for economy and society of Czechoslovakia
Budský, Tomáš ; Štemberk, Jan (advisor) ; Šalanda, Bohuslav (referee)
Diploma thesis "The Consequences of Munich Agreement for economy and society of Czechoslovakia" deals with the Munich Agreement and the impacts of this Agreement on the former Czechoslovakia. The aim of the work is based on archival materials and secondary literature for comparison how crucial was the change of the economic and social system "as a result" of the Munich Agreement. This thesis also analyzes on what was based the economy of the First Czechoslovak Republic, what form the social structure had, how economy has evolved and how significant were impacts by totalitarian regimes on society. At first, the economy was influenced by the Great Depression followed by consequences of the Munich Agreement, which is the main subject of the thesis. The emphasis is on understanding the situation before the Munich Agreement, subsequently reactions of society which were documented immediately in connection with the implementation of specific actions related to the seizure of the territory. At the end of the main part of the thesis, economic and social changes are analyzed in particular. The issue of the Munich Agreement is examined from the perspective of the former Czechoslovakia (Second Czechoslovak Republic), and the emphasis is on understanding the contemporary people's mentality and behavior of...
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Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Czechoslovakia
Kozlová, Tereza ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
The thesis analyses prince Max Egon Hohenlohe-Langenburg's relationship to Czechoslovak Republic from its origin to year 1945. It focuses on the issues of prince's role in Czechoslovak politics and his attitudes to all the situations which affected the aristocracy in the 20th century in ČSR - land reform, Sudeten crisis and postwar turn of events. In the first chapter the thesis concentrates on foundation of ČSR and its impact on aristocracy and thus also on prince Max Egon at the time. The second chapter deals with consequences of land reform on property of Hohenlohe-Langenburg's House, the third chapter is about Sudeten German crisis and prince Max Egon's role in it. The last chapter shows aristocracy's situation after year 1945. The author comes to conclusion that the personality of prince Max Egon was very ambiguous - he always tried to get on well with everybody in effort to gain personal profit, and for fear that he could not keep his property in the extent that he had had since the time Hohenlohe- Langenburg's family settled down in current Czech border. Keywords Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Czechoslovakia, Munich agreement, World War II, Sudetenland
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German-Czech Relations in the 1930s in Krupka
Pospíšilová, Lenka ; Tvrdík, Milan (advisor) ; Zbytovský, Štěpán (referee)
The present thesis is concerned with Czech-German relations in Krupka in the 1930s. The theoretical part presents a historical overview of the situation in Czechoslovakia and the Sudetenland. Drawing upon the chronicle of the town of Krupka, it also provides information on the town's history. The empirical part of the thesis deals with Czech-German relations in Krupka. Data was collected through questionnaires and interviews conducted with survivors. The conclusion provides an evaluation of status differences between Czechs and Germans in Krupka in the 1930s.
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Munich Complex and National Identity in Czech samizdat and tamizdat
Kyselý, Milan ; Kopeček, Michal (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to answer the question why is the Munich complex so essential for samizdat and tamizdat authors, how important was its influence on moral decline of the Czech nation, what was its role in the inability to avoid communist plot in 1948 or in the fail of the Prague spring. . The methodological approach of the presented historical-critical analysis of Munich complex in political thinking of dissent and democratic opposition in exile stems from the interpretation of history of ideas by Aloysius P. Martinich, and the conception of symbolic center by Miloš Havelka. In the introductory part, I analyze the Munich agreement in its historical context and the interpretation of events leading to Munich in the official Communist historiography during the sixties and seventies. It is important for better orientation in individual approaches of analyzed authors. The main focus of the thesis is the analysis of publications relating to Munich events from chosen authors. I confront their conclusions with interpretation of Jan Tesař, whose work is the culmination of samizdat discussion about this topic. There is no unified definition of the Munich complex. It is is mostly associated with president Edvard Beneš and moral decline of the Czech nation. Almost all authors mention the need to...
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