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Perception of Czechoslovakian cinematography by German film periodicals between 1933-1945
Bělohlávková, Alice ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kofroň, Václav (referee)
Diploma thesis "Perception of Czechoslovakian cinematography by German film periodicals between 1933 - 1945" deals with the Czech film industry as it was received by German specialized press with an emphasis on the recognition of changes, that took place after the formation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The period is divided into two stages. The first, 1933 to March 15, 1939 and the second, March 16, 1939 to May 1945, when the end of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was proclaimed. Historical events determined the path of Czech cinematography and later protectoral cinematography (Slovak cinematography was not developed at the time). These events are specified in the thesis as well as the Czech film industry in terms of local and foreign production, distribution, film - makers and organizations. A lot of news from Czech lands was published in the German press due to close connections between Czech and German cinematography which was only further interconnected after the formation of the Protectorate. The analytical portion comprises a historical comparison of texts from daily Der Film - Kurier, weekly Der Film and monthly Der deutsche Film. The articles are divided according to their topics and compared with each other in concurrent periods. The character and impletion was changed by...
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Controlled staff transfers in Bata Group in 1938-1941
Stromšík, Jakub ; Rataj, Jan (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
Controlled dispatch of selected staff to factories abroad in the years 1938--1941 played an important role in the history of Bata Shoe Company. Due to that fact the company man-aged to preserve civilian character of the production despite the on-going Second World War. The organizing of the whole process was not a simple task, it was necessary to harmonize actions of several organizational units. The selection of certain employees eligible for the transfers to foreign countries was conducted by sophisticated methodology, but still some of the top manager's decisions were quite controversial. First of all it involved the transfers of Jewish employees, because Chairman of the Board Jan Antonin Bata considered himself to be the rescuer of the Jews. Nevertheless top managers of the group were strictly pragmatic even in this matter and it is difficult to deduce that one of the objectives of the controlled staff transfers was the protection of this national minority. We can see the same rational approach to employees of the German origin. One of the unexplained questions is the Jan Antonin Bata's unclear relationship with Nazi leaders. I tried to deal with all of these questions in this thesis and I tried to contribute to the current debate about the Bata Group's activities during the Second World War.
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The Theme of the War in Czech Prose Published in 1948-56
NOSKOVÁ, Miloslava
The diploma thesis is The Theme of the War in Czech Prose Published in 1948-56. Following significant changes after the 1948 war, several thematic forms of Czech prose that are analyzed. After the 1948 war began to be interpreted as a precursor to a future socialist revolution, which had to be the "correct" stories - there were used books M. Pujmanové - Život proti smrti (1952) and B. Březovského - Lidé v květnu (1954). They were compares with dilogií A. Brandalda, Severní nádraží (1949) and Lazaretní vlak (1950). Another section is devoted to prose since 1954, when the artistic treatment of the subject of the war reflected their own experiences of war, concentration camps and life in the Protectorate - K. Ptáčník - Ročník jedenadvacet (1954), F. Burian - Osm odtamtud (1954), N . Frýd - Krabice živých (1956), E. Valenta - Jdi za zeleným světlem (1956). The aim of this thesis is to analyze war themes in the works of these authors in the designated time.
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In the Middle of the Night. Kamil Bednář and His Literary Circle in the 2nd Half of the 1930s and Early 1940s
BRDEK, Zdeněk
The following Ph.D. thesis focuses on the poet Kamil Bednář and a group of young writers around him between 1936 and 1941. The author pays attention to Bednář´s poetry as well as to his activities leading to the constitution of a new literary generation at the turn of 1930s and 1940s. Using the rhetoric analysis and interpretation of Bednář´s poetic language, its transformations, dominant figures and textual strategies are identified; special emphasis is put on the comparison of poetic discourses of Bednář and those of his colleague Jiří Orten. The author also examines articles in the period press and other relevant materials for the purpose of reconstruction of the group´s thinking orientation and its relation to contemporary discoursive formations. Besides the activities of Bednář´s group, other factors that contributed to the creation of new literary generation are also explored, above all the ideas and activities of the prominent critic Václav Černý.
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Příbram and its everyday life during the ocupation 1939 - 1945
ŠORFOVÁ, Petra
The task of this diploma thesis is to describe events in years 1939-1945 which took place in Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and which had also specific impacts on the central-Bohemian town of Příbram. The thesis is based on written sources of information held in State Regional Archive in Příbram, accessible literature and at last but not least memories of personal observers who lived through the war when they were children. In this work I concentrate on the impacts of the war on lives of ordinary people who suffered their personal tragedies and experienced encounters that completely changed their lives. The thesis is divided into 7 chapters. First chapter deals with the history of Příbram beginning with prehistory and finishing with contemporary days. This chapter also mentions Svatá Hora and Březové Hory because these places create an important part of the location. Second chapter describes the situation right before the war and feelings of people towards the declaration of the protectorate. The next chapter talks about the history of Mining Technical University which was a part of the town nearly for 100 years. The university, as well as many other schools of this type, was closed and some of its students were arrested and deported to the concentration camp Sachsenhausen. Fourth charter is about Jewish and Gipsy question which is a quite popular topic even today. Fifth chapter includes description of the atmosphere of everyday life during the war through children´s eyes but also cultural life of the town. Sixth chapter focuses on the period of the great terror after the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, which influenced also people in Příbram. The last chapter speaks about the fight of Czech people to re-establish the independent state in which people from Příbram and its surroundings participated as well. This chapter also deals with the last fight in the central Europe which took place near the town of Příbram. The thesis combines general context and particular events happening in Příbram and it tries to look closely at the period of the Second World War full of anxiety, worries and hope.
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Final solution of the Czech question during the Second World War
Rachačová, Karolína ; Rataj, Jan (advisor) ; Háka, Antonín (referee)
During the time of Hitler's government in Germany, racial theories became the ideological cornerstone of policy in Nazi Germany. Based on that a strong racism against less valuable nations was developed in the Nazi Germany along with a number of plans for their destruction. Czechs were also included among these unwanted nations and their territory was also one of the first Nazi-occupied territories. This thesis is an analysis of their plans for a "final solution of the Czech Question" which was one of Hitler's ideological goals and consisted of complete Germanization of the whole Czech-Moravian area. What were the reasons for Hitler's hatred agaist the Czechs, how were the Nazis planning to achieve their goals and what concrete actions did they already taken during their occupation of the Czech-Moravian area? In my thesis I have worked with historical documents and scientific literature.
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Jewish Community in Bechyně
SKOUPÝ, Zdeněk
This work contains history of jewish community in Bechyně from sixteen to twenty century.In the first chapters there is described jewish history in Beohemia {--} Moravia brief history of holocaust. Second part contains history of Jews in Bechyně in centuries before second word war and jewish life in Protectorate. There are described some laws and list of Jews and theirs possesions in Bechyně. Third part contains informations about places and structures connected with jewish community in Bechyně.
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The economic policy occupied Bohemia and Moravia
Mazanec, Milan ; Jakubec, Ivan (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
The focus of the thesis is the economic policy is the occupied Bohemia and Moravia. On the first place the attention is turned to the German vision of capturing Czech capital along with the description of German politics' long-term goals and integrating the protectoral economics into the economy of the Third Reich as a whole. The thesis gives insight into the manner of capturing Czech businesses through German capital, the determination of production volume in individual industry branches and the redistribution of commodities. By discussing the above given features, the thesis describes the whole process of germanization, which captured the field of economics. The thesis depicts the allocation of power between the occupants and the protectoral government as well as its influence on Nazi decisions. Further on the thesis is devoted to social changes arising due to the occupation. The thesis also gives space to discuss German war propaganda, radicalization of society and the Nazi power status, as well as to the aims for destruction of German intentions from the Czech side, be it on political or resistance level.
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