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RSDr. Václav Jakl (1924 - 1985), journalist; edition of diary entries and correspondence
CHEJNOVSKÁ, Natálie
This bachelor's dissertation is an attempt at an edition of the correspondence of one of many people who during World War II were in forced labour. The chosen person was RSDr. Václav Jakl. The chosen correspondence for this dissertation is between the years 1944 and 1945 which was kept in the Personal Collection of RSDr. Václav Jakl (1938-1985) and stored in State Regional Archive in Pilsen. The correspondence consists of a letter that he used to exchange with his family and friends. The letters describe both the everyday life of people in forced labour as well as the life of people in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The first chapter of this dissertation is dedicated to the methodology used in the dissertation, the method of oral history, resources and literature. For the purpose of the dissertation, it was vital to focus on correspondence as a historical recourse to highlight the possible complications and issues that the researcher could encounter during their research. The next chapter is explaining to the reader the concept of forced labour, its development and the organisational structure in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. As the reader needs to understand the organisational structure of forced labour, the fourth chapter is dedicated to the role of the Office of Labour. Because the foundation of personal correspondence is tightly connected to the day to day lives of the people correspondents, this dissertation must include a chapters about the everyday life of people in forced labour in the Third Reich and the development of the Staňkov Region in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia where the family of Vaclav Jakl lived. The next few chapters are devoted to Vaclav Jakl himself, his life before and during forced labour, and his close and distant family with who he wrote the correspondence. At the end of the dissertation, the reader will find the list of abbreviations and bibliography. The attachments include a note of edition, edited texts of used correspondence, an index of names and locations, a sample of contemporary literary work of Václav Jakl and a pictorial appendix.
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