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Avraham Firkovich: A Portrait of Crieman Karaite, Maskil, Manuscript Collector and a Forger
Misarová, Adéla ; Boušek, Daniel (advisor) ; Sládek, Pavel (referee)
The bachelor thesis examines the life and activity of Avraham Firkovich, East European Karaite scholar, manuscript collector and alleged forger. The aim of the thesis is to present the significance of Firkovich's collections, that constitute a great part of Hebrew and Judeo- Arabic manuscripts in The National Library of Russia, his relations to Haskalah and maskilim, who percieved Firkovich ambivalently, and his lifelong effort to protect Crieman Karaites from anti-Jewish laws implemented by Russian Empire. The thesis endeavours to depict Fikovich's motives for forging manuscripts, to explain his theory about the origin of Crimean Karaites and to present his scholarly work. Firkovich's forged manuscripts (the Mejelis and Derbent Document), which Firkovich passed off as old colophons to Torah scrolls, served him as a foundation for his ahistorical theories about the origin of Crimean Karaites. Based on these manuscripts and other forgeries he claimed that Karaites inhabited the Crieman Peninsula before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and therefore are not guilty for Christ's crucifixion like the rabbanites. Thus he strived to protect his community from tsarist offices and to ensure a more significant status in his community for himself.
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The end of Czech-German coexistence in Liberec region
Misařová, Adéla ; Kučera, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
Liberec played an important role in czech-german relations since 1918, when the province Deutsch Böhmen was created. Its importance grew even further during World War II as it became the capital of the Liberec sudeten and it was also highly known as the birthplace of Konrad Henlein. In the city, there lived an estimated 80% of the German population at the end of the war, and this fact influenced the course of both liberation and the subsequent expatriatrion actions. Liberation was not expected with enthusiasm at all, as was the case in inland cities. It was rather characterized by confusion, uncertainty and fear of the Soviet Army, which was getting revenge for Germans of war injustice. The liberation meant the end of nearly seven years of German oppression, however, it was not celebrated. Many Germans were leaving the city during the war, including a large part of the Nazi leadership. Conversely, three main groups of people were coming back to the city: the returnees came here from the war, people who moved after the occupation to inland and also people who had nothing to do here and just wanted to start a new life. The situation at the time was very confusing and literature often presents population and its ethnic composition differently. Considering the large number of German population, the...
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Intersexuality in Germany. Scholarly ans Societal Debate around the Law Amendment in 2012-2013
Misařová, Adéla ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Emler, David (referee)
Germany was the first country in Europe that took an important step to helping intersex people. Since the 1st of November 2013 the intersex new-born have been enacting an opportunity to withhold information about the gender in its personal documents. Germany is now among the few countries in the world that gave intersexed people the opportunity to stay for a lifetime, if they so desire, without a gender. Intersex people are classified as individuals who are born with ambiguous sex characteristics (such as genitalia, chromosomes and hormones). Therefore they can't fall into either of the male or the female sex category. Amendment to the german Civil Code, which allowed marking gender of intersex children in its personal documents with the letter "X", was preceded by intense debate in the field of professional, political and social. Partial discussions of this topic took place in Germany since the 90s and were carried out thanks to the interest groups of intersex people. The most important stimulus for the amendment to civil code was the opinion of the German Council for Ethics from February 2012. The loudest argument in discussions appeared, pointed in particular to the need to ban dangerous surgeries on intersex children, which caused them health problems in adulthood. Other reason for this...
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The end of Czech-German coexistence in Liberec region
Misařová, Adéla ; Kučera, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
Liberec played an important role in czech-german relations since 1918, when the province Deutsch Böhmen was created. Its importance grew even further during World War II as it became the capital of the Liberec sudeten and it was also highly known as the birthplace of Konrad Henlein. In the city, there lived an estimated 80% of the German population at the end of the war, and this fact influenced the course of both liberation and the subsequent expatriatrion actions. Liberation was not expected with enthusiasm at all, as was the case in inland cities. It was rather characterized by confusion, uncertainty and fear of the Soviet Army, which was getting revenge for Germans of war injustice. The liberation meant the end of nearly seven years of German oppression, however, it was not celebrated. Many Germans were leaving the city during the war, including a large part of the Nazi leadership. Conversely, three main groups of people were coming back to the city: the returnees came here from the war, people who moved after the occupation to inland and also people who had nothing to do here and just wanted to start a new life. The situation at the time was very confusing and literature often presents population and its ethnic composition differently. Considering the large number of German population, the...
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