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Death marches in the region of Přeštice in 1945
 DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Ivana
The thesis describes death marches that went through the city of Přeštice in the Pilsen region in 1945. The emphasis is on reactions of local people to a direct confrontation to the horrors of the Second World War. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter is about location of city of Přeštice. The second chapter generally describes the topic of death marches and death transports, especially the reasons that led to forced transfers of prisoners. In the second half of the chapter it is explained why in the end of the Second World War the majority of death marches went through the territory of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Some cases of solidarity or hatred from local people to the prisoners are shown. The next chapter lists resources which were used in this thesis. The first section of the chapter is dedicated to chronicles from the city of Přeštice and nearby towns. The history, structure and all authors are presented for each chronicle. The next section is about witnesses of death marches that were interviewed - Petr Blažek and Jiří Běl. The last section describes a questionnaire construction that was held in 1946 and its goal was to gather the evidence and map all the deatch marches and transports that went through the czech territory. In the fourth chapter, all the usefull data gathered from used resources are listed and all the places where the resources agree and disagree are outlined. In the end of the thesis, results are concluded and the directions of future research are indicated. The literal transcriptions of interviews, report from the SNB Přeštice, which was a result of the questionnaire construction mentioned above, and maps are also included.
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