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Czech Constitutional Progressive Party
Tomeš, Josef ; Kvaček, Robert (advisor) ; Galandauer, Jan (referee) ; Kučera, Martin (referee)
The Czech Constitutional Progressive Party (1908-1918) The Czech Constitutional Progressive Party represents in many aspects a unique phenomenon of the Czech politics in the last years before the outbreak of WWI and during the dramatic war period afterwards. Although it did not belong to massive and influential parties, it played a significant role on the political scene at that time with a part of a solitary, represented by many distinctive individualities. It existed for only ten years, six years out of it in standard peace conditions, but in a time of breaking historical events and decisions it made itself be heard in such an important way that it left a remarkable trace in the Czech history of the 20th century. It was created in April 1908 by merging two parties, a Radical Progressive Party and a Constitutional Party (or rather a Radical Constitutional Party) that had been established at the very end of the 19th century following a disintegration and a political differentiation of the progressive movement of the 90's. The party took up a progressive legacy by consistently demanding a renewal of the independent Czech state on the basis of the Czech historical constitutional law, political democratisation and welfare reforms. Besides that, the party stood in a firm opposition to the government...
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A scholar in politics
Tomeš, Josef
The paper sums up and evaluates the political activities of the prominent Czech natural scientist Professor Bohumil Němec (1873-1966). It mentions his work in the progressive movement at the end of the 19th century, in the Young Czech Party after 1907 and in the national democratic party in the interwar period, his role in the home resistance during the World War I, his part at the proclamation of the independent Czechoslavak state, in the Chamber of Deputies, Senate and National Czechoslovak Council. It details the background of his candidacy for the President of the Republic in December 1935, when he stood against Edvard Beneš and earned a harsh criticism from the political faction of the "Castle". It observes his confrontation with the political situation after the World War II and the ambivalent attitude of the Communist regime towards his personality. In the end, it reveals his recollections of the presidential election of 1935 written down in the diaries during his last years. It proves that Bohumil Němec was a homo politicus for all his life with clearly defined liberal-nationalist conviction and that his presidential candidacy was a decision of a politically mature and experienced man.
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On Ideal and Political Heritage of the Czech Poet
Tomeš, Josef
The contribution sums up the ideological and political attitudes and the actual political activity of Viktor Dyk from the beginning of the 20th century to his death in 1931. It attempts to show the specificity of his nationalism which was significant for its strong morale foundation and for the criticism towards his own nation, which also postulated a demanding national-political program of maximum possible. It briefly looks into essential of the differences and controversies between Dyk and T. G. Masaryk.
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The Munich Agreement 1938 in the memoirs of contemporaries
Tomeš, Josef ; Vašek, Richard
The publication deals with the topic of Munich 1938 and its reflection in the historical mind of the Czech and Slovak society. It gives a basic overview of the hitherto memoir production of Czechoslovak and foreign provenience, reflecting the events of the fatal year of 1938. It focuses especifically on yet unpublished memoirs of Czech and Slovak authors.
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Elections and the experience of recent past
Tomeš, Josef
Thought over the influence of Munich traumatic experience, experience of German occupation and the World War II on gaining the dominance of the Left in the Czech political life after 1945 and on election results in May 1945.
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Persecution of Czech Social Democrats in the Period of German Occupation
Tomeš, Josef
Synthesis of the period of persecution of the Czech Social Democratic Party during the Nazi occupation 1939-1945. Persecution of the members and representatives of the party (often preventive) is differentiated from repression against individual social democrats for their active part in domestic resistance. It elaborates in detail on two significant arrest actions, directed solely against Social Democrats (in May 1941 and August 1944). In the conclusion it presents the aspect of continuation of nazi and communist persecution of Social Democratic Party.
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By invitation of Masaryk´s Institute
Doubek, Vratislav ; Pehr, Michal ; Tomeš, Josef
The proceedings of two workshops (2004, 2005) in the cycle entitled "By Invitation of Masaryk Institute" are included in the collection of papers of the same name. The workshops deal with questions that are still alive, and with the main features of modern Czech and European history. They are intended for the specialized and general reader. The first workshop was dedicated to Czech political realism at the turn of 19th and 20th centuries, the important ideological stream, which was traditionally represented by T. G. Masaryk. The second workshop, named Expectations and Frustrations: Memories of the Third Republic, offered interesting personal testimonies of active participants of political events between 1945-1948.
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