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The Expulsion of Germans Thematized in Present Czech Prose
KRLÍN, Jan
The thesis deals with the problem of the expulsion of Germans in Czech literature, particularly in novels such as Stain/Stigma, The Expulsion of Gerta Schnirch, and Lost Children. All these three works were published after 1989 and thus are not influenced by a socialist discourse. They pit, on the contrary, against it and in the way of describing the theme they follow up The Divine Rainbow by Jaroslav Durych and Adelheid by Vladimír Körner. The expulsion is relatively often reflected. Starting with Anna Sedlmayerová, through Václav Řezáč, Vladimír Körner, Zdeněk Šmíd, and finishing with Kateřina Tučková. Each of them approaches this theme in their individual way. Řezáč in the spirit of his time-discourse, which he co-creates with his work; Durych and Körner rail against Řezáč's conception; Šmíd and Tučková both feel a personal need to give their opinion, as the expulsion partly touches them and speaks to them through the land and the town. The identity of literary characters is in large measure defined by the time-discourse, in which the work originates, and the discourse of the period, which is depicted. Two types of influence arise from this. The part of the discourse is folk myths, transformed and modified for several times, so they can be used for particular aims and a particular period. How influential for the literary discourse of the expulsion were the myths created is going to be clear from the conclusions. Similarly I will try to answer the question how far are the discourse and the formation of the identity of literary characters in interpreted works tied to each other.
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Changes in inhabitants and property conditions on the Czech-German border area during the years 1945 - 1953 - confiscations, rations and leaving assignment using the example of cadastral community Cudrovice
ČADOVÁ, Aneta
Bachelor thesis called "Changes in inhabitants and property conditions on the Czech-German border area during the years 1945 - 1953 - confiscations, rations and leaving assignment using the example of cadastral community Cudrovice." In my work I engaged in documentation on the base of accessible archives from breaking moment in post-war evolution of Cudrovice-municipality and Plešivec-settlement, which led gradually to their very last end. This is the question to express living conditions of original German after the ending of the Second World War, their denotation as "publicly unreliable individuals" and the confiscation of their possessions itself. The only exception was Šrajer's family, which had lived there both before the war and after it, therefore it was the only link among local oldsettled people and new settlement. Just new settlement brought to life these places at least for a while. Their destiny connected with these places is fundamental part of my work. The new settlement was examined both by political background and unfavourable economic conditions of Šumava foothills. One and the other caused their leaving and consequently end of Cudrovice and Plešivec. The work is completed by also important part of common historical events and prescriptive sources, related to subject of my work and particulars contemporary cadastral maps, photographs charged to provide factual form to amorphous places, events and names. Modern photographs support reality of extinction of Cudrovice and partial extinction of Plešivec.
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The Theme of Transfer in the Fiction Work of Anna Sedlmayerová
BENDOVÁ, Vendula
I will deal with two Anna Seydlmayerová´s novels in my thesis that were published in the fourtieth 20th century, Dům na zeleném svahu and Překročený práh. I will concentrate on the topic of the resettlement in these works. I will look into character´s mind with narrator´s narratological category. At first I will theoretically define this category and leading Czech literary theorist´s works help me to define it, and then I will practically use it on the above mentioned works. I will not leave out to mention the author´s life and historical and cultural context ater Worl War II, too, that is very important. At the end of my thesis I will devote to the heroes psychology and their understanding of guilt.
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Economic and social consequences of transfer of Germans from Czechoslovakia
Baldrychová, Tereza ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
Almost seven hundred years of coexistence of Czechs and Germans in one country had ended by great catastrophe, by occupation and deportation. The idea of transfer of germans from eastern Europe was consequence of one of the deepest civilization crisis and came into existence in the period of general barbarism of the european continent. It needs to be mentioned that without nacism policy and atrocities, without Munich agreement, we can only hardly imagine, such transfer of germans was possible. However there is no sense to constantly compare who was the guilty person, who was responsible for chat happened or whose suffering was greater. In addition to its own problems of displacement, this work deals with the issue of a coexistence of Czechs and Germans as well. To make the reader to understand the broader context the work also introduces the meaning of Beneš Decrees. The main focus of this study is to evaluate the economic and social impacts of transfer of Germans from Czechoslovakia, which contains the second half of this study.
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The Transfer of Sudeten Germans after the World War II. - Economical and Political Context
Lukášová, Tereza ; Váňa, Daniel (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
In the first part of this work I will remind basic landmarks of the Czech-German cohabitation in the historical area of Bohemia, Moravia and south part of Silesia as it is reflected in historical literature. In the main part I will analyze various president's decrees concerning the German minority in the postwar Czechoslovakia and describe the executive process of its creation. I will shortly describe the process of the transfer itself. A part of my work will be an analysis of the impact of the transfer of Germans on various sectors of Czech economy. Finally I will follow up how was this situation handled economically, politically and demographically. During this work I will ask myself i. a. these questions: What led to the transfer? How was the transfer realized? What were the economic and social consequences? How was the problem of resettlement in Sudeten area solved?
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Coexistence of the Czech population the frontier with the German minority and development of their relations
LITVANOVÁ, Anna
This paper is an attempt at mapping how Czech ? German relations envolved in the border area nearby Český Krumlov. It is based on theories concerning the historical development of how Czech and German speakers have lived together since 13 to 21 century. The assessed theories concern the history of interaction between both nations living in border country - especially the events connected with coexistence, with the World Wars and with what happened immediately after World War II. The paper focuses on the changes in demographic structure and in the attitudes of both nations´citizens. The practical part is concentrated on the present ? day composition of border area population, current attitudes and opinions, family bonds, the ralationship between both nations, and the frequency of and reasons for cross ? border visits. It was the author´s aim to find out the Czech population´s attitude towards historical events that had an impact on today´s relations and to see how these attitudes have envolved in the light of what happened after World War II and after 1989.
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The transformation of Adalbert Stifter`s mother land from 1945 by today.
HENDRYCH, Jiří
The topic of the thesis is a description of the Adalbert Stifter´s land changes since 1945 by present. It is not only a physical transformation of the land which is focused here but also cultural, social, ecological, economical, demographical and sociologic changes. From the view of the regions, the thesis deals with five most important towns: Horní Planá (Oberplan), Černá v Pošumaví (Schwarzbach), Frymburk (Friedberg), Lipno nad Vltavou (Lippen) and Přední Výtoň (Herrauffl). Other places are mentioned marginally due to the extent of the thesis. The first chapter reminds the most famous native Adalbert Stifter. A special attention is payed to the artist´s relation to his native land and his humane Europeanish attitudes. the second chapter deals with the local Sudet Germans´ transfer after the end of the WWII and the situation in the land by 1948. The third chapter is very short, it describes a short period after 1948 and from the view of time it overlaps with the following chapter partly. There is the building of the Lipno dam in the fourth chapter and all the changes of the land which relate to it. In the last, fifth chapter, there is a description of the villages development after 1989. The german natives relations reunion is focused in this chapter as well as the cultural and social life, turism and the perspectives of the land for the future. Many sources have been used for making the thesis, information are from people who remember the events, local chronicles, Czech and German literature,
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Czechs and Germans in the Znojemsko Region during 1918-1946
PADALÍK, Jiří
The main purpose of the diploma thesis is to describe the development in the Czech-German relationships in Znojemsko region during the years 1918 {--} 1946. The inquiry is based on available archive sources and relevant literature. The diploma thesis is divided into four basic chapters. The first chapter summarizes the history of co-existence of both ethnics in the South Moravia until the foundation of Czechoslovakia in 1918. The following chapter is devoted to changes and development in relations among Czechs and Germans in Znojmo on the background of events which immediately followed after the World War I, whereas significant part is concerned with liberation of Znojmo in December 1918. The third chapter characterizes the Czech-German co-existence during the interwar period, especially in the context of taken elections. The last chapter describes demographical and national changes in the Znojemsko region during 1936 {--} 1946. The archive sources which are stored in the State Archive in Znojmo and the relevant literature are crucial for elaboration of the thesis. Visual materials are attached to the thesis; they serve as a complement to the text.
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The liberation of region of Klatovy in May 1945
ŠVARCOVÁ, Iva
The thesis deals with the end of the Second World War in the inland part and in the border part of region of Klatovy in the pre-war and in the present area. At first the political situation after the Munich diktat is described and region`s administration during the Second World War is described brief. Thesis is includes the most infamous phenomena of German{\crq}s occupation of Czechoslovakia, namely final solution of Jews and Nazi crimes. Next part of thesis is focused on events prior to the liberation in May 1945 and activities of rebellious groups and guerilla detachments and activities of sky hogs. Then thesis deals with wartime and with American army in this region. The liberation of this region is painted through notes in chronicles and notes from interview witnesses. Last part of thesis is focused on post-war period, namely restoration of administration of this region and transfer of Germans from the border part of the region of Klatovy.
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Edvard Beneš and the Czechoslovakian-German Relations
Holeček, Jan ; Rataj, Jan (advisor) ; Veselý, Zdeněk (referee)
Práce se zabývá reinterpretací československých dějin zejména podle sudetoněmeckého revizionistického vzoru. Zabývá se tím, kdo ze současných českých autorů tento pokřivený mediální obraz hlásá, na koho tito autoři navazují a do jaké míry se jejich pohled vzdaluje realitě. Protože každý mýtus týkající se Edvarda Beneše a česko(slovensko)-německých vztahů má svůj historický kořen, analyzuje tato práce i historické pozadí první Československé republiky. Ze současných témat se práce zabývá vstupem ČR do EU a novými strategiemi Sudetoněmeckého landsmanšaftu v rámci evropského integračního procesu.
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