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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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WE SURVIVED. THE FATE OF FORCED WORKERS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
PEŠTOVÁ, Denisa
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to approach to the life of forced workers, who were involuntarily recruited to work for The German Empire during the Second World War. This thesis has two parts. The first one is theoretical where you can find the accurate information from specialized literature. This information specifies particular characteristics of forced labour. It describes the method of oral history, dividing of forced workers, division of their recruitment and mainly their life conditions in time of forced labour. The second part of this thesis includes contemporary witnesses´ interviews collected by the oral history method. In this part of work there are compared the individual life stories. Furthermore, the obtained information are compared between the contemporary witnesses and bibliography.
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The Theme of the War in Czech Prose Published in 1948-56
NOSKOVÁ, Miloslava
The diploma thesis is The Theme of the War in Czech Prose Published in 1948-56. Following significant changes after the 1948 war, several thematic forms of Czech prose that are analyzed. After the 1948 war began to be interpreted as a precursor to a future socialist revolution, which had to be the "correct" stories - there were used books M. Pujmanové - Život proti smrti (1952) and B. Březovského - Lidé v květnu (1954). They were compares with dilogií A. Brandalda, Severní nádraží (1949) and Lazaretní vlak (1950). Another section is devoted to prose since 1954, when the artistic treatment of the subject of the war reflected their own experiences of war, concentration camps and life in the Protectorate - K. Ptáčník - Ročník jedenadvacet (1954), F. Burian - Osm odtamtud (1954), N . Frýd - Krabice živých (1956), E. Valenta - Jdi za zeleným světlem (1956). The aim of this thesis is to analyze war themes in the works of these authors in the designated time.
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