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Jews in the German and Austrian Armed Forces 1914 -1945
Hervíř, Pavel ; Vlnas, Vít (referee)
The main aim of this thesis is to introduce the development of the Jewish ethnic group within German language area, also to map and describe their involvement in both world wars in which their representatives had fought, first in the armies of central powers, and later in the army of the Third Reich. Besides chronology of war occurrences, there is a description of structural development of the German and Austrian armed forces with regard to the Jewish ethnic group of both countries and their performance of military service from the moment of introduction of general compulsory military service until the German capitulation in May 1945. This work gives a very detailed description of census of the Jews in German army that began on 1st November 1916 and also of its political consequences in post-war years. In the context of the Third Reich and the German Jews development, the complex of Nazi discriminatory legal standards and their link to the German military power are introduced and described here. This thesis also contains short personal stories of chosen Jewish war veterans of the first and Second World War that are complemented with a lot of personal information obtained mostly from military archives. The thesis is divided into several parts. The introductory part includes a brief history of the...
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Policy of Prussia and Great Powers in final phase of German Unification 1865-1870
Ďásek, Martin ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
The period of 1864/1865-1870 represents the final stage of the unification of Germany, during which Prussia adopted a resolute approach and in two quick wars succeeded in eliminating its enemies - Austria and France. The aim of the diploma thesis is to present and critically analyse the Prussian foreign policy based on the study of sources and relevant literature. The author assesses factors which influenced the Prussian prime minister and the representatives of the European powers in their decisions. He also asks the question whether Bismarck merely adapted to the circumstances which inevitably led to the war with Austria or whether he himself contributed to their creation and speeded up the whole process. The most attention is then paid to France which was the greatest opponent of the unification of Germany of all powers. The study looks into the methods and steps which enabled Prussia to prevent the great European powers from getting involved into its conflict with Vienna and Paris. Moreover, it points out the challenges of the research on circumstances which led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Key words Prussia, Great Powers, German Confederation, Unification of Germany, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary, foreign policy, Austro-Prussian War, Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon III
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Establishment of Prussian Kingdom
Judina, Valerija ; Županič, Jan (advisor) ; Stellner, František (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the establishment of the Kingdom of Prussia in the context of international relations. The thesis follows the development of both the Electorate of Brandenburg and the House of Hohenzollern before the reign of Frederick III, coming to the conclusion that it was foremost his predecessor, Frederick William I - the Great Elector - who stimulated the rise of the country. With help from Emperor Leopold I, Frederick completed his father's work when he, by means of skilful negotiation, succeeded in establishing an independent Prussian kingdom.
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Repatriation of Czech White Mountain Battle exiles from Poland to Bezdružice after the Second World War
Kvasničková, Zdeňka ; Foltýn, Dušan (referee)
This graduation thesis talks about returning emigrants who left in the middle of the eighteen century because of then forbidden evangelical denomination into Prussia, and about their return back to the motherland. First chapters talk about the consequences of the White Mountain Battle in 1620 for non-Catholics, their move into foreign land and general religious situations in Czech countries during the eighteen century. Other chapters of this thesis describe the life of non-Catholics in foreign land and the rise of major Czech colonies in today's Poland. The major portion of this work describes, based on memories of the eye witnesses, the return of emigrants from the Polish Tábor into then Czech and Slovak Republic after WWII and their new beginnings in the home land, specifically in villages Zhořec, Kamýk, Pačín and Loučky in the Bezdružice region. This thesis talks about original german inhabitants too and their transfer to Germany. Here it is described, assignment of farmsteads and land to returning emigrants, elections in the village of Zhořec, in which some of the candidates were new emigrants, the coming into existence of local division of the Board of Czech Exiles in Zhořec. Extensive chapter of this work also represents the origin of Evangelical Czech Church in Černošín and The Unity of...
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The Second Schleswig War and Its Consequences for Europe
Ďásek, Martin ; Skřivan, Aleš (advisor) ; Županič, Jan (referee)
(in English): This bachelor thesis should report about The Second Schleswig war as an encounter which led to much more serious conflicts such as Austro-Prussian War in 1866 as well as Franco-Prussian War from 1870, because this struggle and its consequences were the direct reasons of the war between two German Powers. Analysis of Austrian position in German Confederation showed that Austria hadn't have enough power and influence to play a major role in Germany and dominancy of Bismarck's Prussia was inevitable. The thesis continues with too self-confident Danish policy that started the war the Danes couldn't win. The Second Schleswig war has to be considered a one of the major events in unification of Germany. Analysis of not even primary sources such as letters and essays of the politicians explain why Bismarck succeeded and became almost the most powerful figure of his time. The clear victory in the war and on diplomatic field opened the way to the German unification. The Kingdom of Denmark was brought to his knees, King Christian IX. renounced his rights over the Duchies to the hand of Prussian and Austrian and the connection between duchies and Denmark, lasting over the centuries, was gone. The Kingdom of Denmark has lost his influence in European affairs, but Prussia headed to the creation of...
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The image of Prussia in the Czech medieval sources
KOCOUREK, Josef
The aim of this dissertation is an attempt to reconstruct an image of Prussia based on the Bohemian middle-age sources. The time horizon of the dissertation is between 10th and 15th century, the period ranging from the first contact between the two regions embodied by the first missionary journey of St. Adalbert to conflicts between Teutonic Orderand Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth, which took place in Prussia. The structure of the dissertations is relatively complex. The first chapter is focused on the general history of Prussia until the arrival of the Teutonic Order. The following chapter deals with the general history of the order. This chapter is divided into two parts: - The first subsection deals with the general history of the Teutonic Order from its inception until 1525 - The second subsection describes the history of law in Bohemia The following chapter titled?Prussian-Bohemian relations in the 10th to 15th century?contains a list of contacts, which took place between the kingdom of Bohemia and Prussia. Every important contact is set in the political context of the time. The image of Prussia from Bohemian prospective is analyzed in the main part of this disseartion using Czech medieval sources. This chapter is also divided into two parts: - The first subsection is devoted to image of the Prussian tribal population between10th to 14thcentury, - The second subsection then analyzes the image of the Teutonic Knights in Bohemia in the years 1204-1466. Both parts aim to interpret images, be it images of tribal people or of the Teutonic Knights, in the given period and to reflect on the possible developments during the specified period. The conclusion is devoted to the main questions of the dissertation as well as to their answers. First, how were tribal Prussians reflected in Bohemian sources? Did the image of tribal Prussians change over time? If so, how did their image change or develop based on the new findings? How were the Teutonic Knights reflected in the Bohemian medieval sources, since their arrival in the Bohemian kingdom until the end of the so-called ?thirteen-year war.? How and why did the image of orders develop and change during this period?
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Prussian castles today – paradigm and warning
Muchka, Ivan
This article should be an information about issues connected with the new erection of three important prussian castles - in Berlin (Stadtschloß) , in Potsdam (Statschloß), and in Schwedt (Schloß), which were blown up during the epoch of the communist regime. From the time of reunification of the Germany started heavily discussions about the sense and legitimacy of these reconstructions.
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