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Humanity and democracy againts inhumanity and totalitarianism
 Meissner, Vladimír ; Havlík, Radomír (advisor) ; Mervart, Jan (referee) ; Brabec, Martin (referee)
The twentieth century brought with it two periods of totalitarian experimentation that together resulted in the death of millions of people: Fascism in the form of German National Sozialism (Nazism) and Communism in the form of Soviet Stalinism. It was a great victory for the human spirit when both these totalitarian periods ended. People did learn a lot from them. Firstly, that human destitution was at the root of both these criminal regimes and in addition human malice together with the hatred of certain groups against others. It was this hatred that led to the criminal conspiracy of their leaders against other individuals who stood in their way. They misused the state as an instrument for the disposal of their opponents and found a "scientific" justification for their crimes. The philosophy of people who viewed progress as nothing more than using reason and who placed this above the other constituents of human life - above emotions, above the spirit of wisdom and the human moral values that make us complete unfettered - was twisted. These criminals against humanity were able to degrade an individual into a number, a race, a class, and suchlike categories. They deprived individuals of their humanity and humiliated them. This they viewed as representing their victory and their superiority over others. For...
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