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The phenomenon of death in the Czechoslovak legions in Russia in the years 1914 - 1920
Boháčková, Ilona ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The topic of the submitted diploma thesis originates from the methodological concept of both historical anthropology and history of mentality as well as everyday life history. The aim of the thesis is the attempt to find a reply to the question what death meant in the lives of soldiers, in what ways they were coping with fear, pain, suffering, in what ways they perceived violence - the inevitable part of their wartime world. The topic of the thesis itself is a complex view of dying and death of Czechoslovak legionaries on the Russian frontline during the First World War, processed mainly on the basis of analysis of historic resources, stored in both the Central Military Archive and Historical Military Archive and on study of ego-documents (correspondence, diaries and personal records of particular participants of the war). In the first part the variety of forms of death have been analysed: death at the battlefront, death in field hospitals, voluntary death or death as a punishment. The second part deals with feelings and mood of fighting men in relation to death, how they accepted it and were able to cope with it, it analyses stress factors, which soldiers had to face and it studies possibilities of defence against the stress of war and death. The third part brings closer the facts concerning...
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Foreign Legions Waffen-SS
Kacerovský, Tomáš ; Čížek, Martin (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the foreign Waffen-SS legions that had been fighting alongside the German army in the Second World War. The Nazis came out with the idea of establishing an international military force, that would consist of citizens of the currently occupied countries. The key thesis is based on the thought that the Nazis managed to create such legions, that consisted of men who decided to fight against the Soviet Union and Bolshevism, led by the idea of being a part of a so called European army. The first chapter focuses on the elementary factors within the establishment of the foreign legions. Though the Nazis knew they had been acting against their own ideology, and Adolf Hitler himself views the legions rather sceptically, Waffen-SS needed more soldiers in favour of becoming a fully competent armed force. The second chapter speaks about the ordinary volunteers, who decided to serve in the legions and about their motivation. This chapter is also facing an issue in terms of distinguishing each sort of the legion members, who served based on various different reasons and ideas. The third chapter refers about the important and famous people who served in the foreign legions or who had been publicly supporting them and had been calling other potential volunteers to arms. The last...
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That's the way we fought and died. World of a legionary in the press reflection of Czechs and Slovaks in Russia in years 1914-1920.
Boháčková, Ilona ; Čechurová, Jana (advisor) ; Šedivý, Ivan (referee)
The topic of this bachelor paper is an insight on the life of the soldiers fighting under the banner of the Czechoslovakian legions on the Russian front during the First World War. The paper does not deal with the situation on the battlefields but tries to show the life of the soldiers at the base, their pastime, when they put their guns aside and dealt with the usual daily routines. The crucial sources of information about the daily life of a legionnaire were the foreign resistance magazines made by the soldiers themselves. The opening part of this paper introduces the individual types of the printed matter issued in Russia and describes why and under what circumstances they were written. The following chapters describe how the soldiers spent their free time, what they did, how they had fun, or what problems they dealt with. The attention is given not only to the life of the troops at the base on the eastern front but also to the transport over the Siberian Railroad to the east and the evacuation of the troops on ships to Europe.
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Foreign Legions Waffen-SS
Kacerovský, Tomáš ; Čížek, Martin (advisor) ; Šmidrkal, Václav (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the foreign Waffen-SS legions that had been fighting alongside the German army in the Second World War. The Nazis came out with the idea of establishing an international military force, that would consist of citizens of the currently occupied countries. The key thesis is based on the thought that the Nazis managed to create such legions, that consisted of men who decided to fight against the Soviet Union and Bolshevism, led by the idea of being a part of a so called European army. The first chapter focuses on the elementary factors within the establishment of the foreign legions. Though the Nazis knew they had been acting against their own ideology, and Adolf Hitler himself views the legions rather sceptically, Waffen-SS needed more soldiers in favour of becoming a fully competent armed force. The second chapter speaks about the ordinary volunteers, who decided to serve in the legions and about their motivation. This chapter is also facing an issue in terms of distinguishing each sort of the legion members, who served based on various different reasons and ideas. The third chapter refers about the important and famous people who served in the foreign legions or who had been publicly supporting them and had been calling other potential volunteers to arms. The last...
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Media reflections on czechoslovak legions 1918-1939
Látalová, Kristýna ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Knapík, Jiří (referee)
Thesis Media reflections on Czechoslovak Legions 1918-1939 analyzes period articles, theater plays and publications dedicated to the participants of the first resistance and describes how the Czechoslovak public was informed about legionaries based on the study of archival materials and the content of analysis. A scrapbook catalog of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the National Archives in Prague, that contains authentic collections of articles about legionaries and the activities of legionary organizations was used as a main source of information. The diploma thesis briefly summarizes the work of the Czechoslovak revolutionary army during the First World War and the development of the press in the Czech lands. A significant part is focused on the popular periodicals called Lidove noviny and Narodni osvobozeni and their articles. It describes the legionary cult and its symbolism. A large part of the thesis describes the person of J. J. Svec. It analyses the first great Czechoslovak film based on his story. Part of the work is based on christianlegion symbols in a time when the separation of the Church and the state was an eminent period topic. It documents how the story was presented to the readers by means of the period articles.
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Archeology of the legionnaire's myth of the first republic of Czechoslovakia
Mláka, David ; Randák, Jan (advisor) ; Michela, Miroslav (referee)
The subject of this thesis is to trace the existence of a legionary myth in various media resources from the years between 1918-1938. In the introduction of this thesis I will be talking about situation in September 1938 and new Government appointment, led by Gen. Jan Syrovy, a former legionary. At the same time I will try to describe origins of the Czechoslovak army in Russia, France and Italy. As addition there is a chapter about foundation of the Czechoslovak Republic and its need to defend borders against aggression of Poland and Hungary. Next part is a comparison of the novels written by Jaroslav Hasek and Gen. Rudolf Medek. Also there is an analysis of movie epic Zborov. I would like to conclude this thesis with a chapter about the Castle guard,the organizational structure and the tomb of the Unknown soldier. Keyword: legion, legionnaires, myth, Czechoslovak Republic, 1918-1938
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The phenomenon of death in the Czechoslovak legions in Russia in the years 1914 - 1920
Boháčková, Ilona ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
The topic of the submitted diploma thesis originates from the methodological concept of both historical anthropology and history of mentality as well as everyday life history. The aim of the thesis is the attempt to find a reply to the question what death meant in the lives of soldiers, in what ways they were coping with fear, pain, suffering, in what ways they perceived violence - the inevitable part of their wartime world. The topic of the thesis itself is a complex view of dying and death of Czechoslovak legionaries on the Russian frontline during the First World War, processed mainly on the basis of analysis of historic resources, stored in both the Central Military Archive and Historical Military Archive and on study of ego-documents (correspondence, diaries and personal records of particular participants of the war). In the first part the variety of forms of death have been analysed: death at the battlefront, death in field hospitals, voluntary death or death as a punishment. The second part deals with feelings and mood of fighting men in relation to death, how they accepted it and were able to cope with it, it analyses stress factors, which soldiers had to face and it studies possibilities of defence against the stress of war and death. The third part brings closer the facts concerning...
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That's the way we fought and died. World of a legionary in the press reflection of Czechs and Slovaks in Russia in years 1914-1920.
Boháčková, Ilona ; Čechurová, Jana (advisor) ; Šedivý, Ivan (referee)
The topic of this bachelor paper is an insight on the life of the soldiers fighting under the banner of the Czechoslovakian legions on the Russian front during the First World War. The paper does not deal with the situation on the battlefields but tries to show the life of the soldiers at the base, their pastime, when they put their guns aside and dealt with the usual daily routines. The crucial sources of information about the daily life of a legionnaire were the foreign resistance magazines made by the soldiers themselves. The opening part of this paper introduces the individual types of the printed matter issued in Russia and describes why and under what circumstances they were written. The following chapters describe how the soldiers spent their free time, what they did, how they had fun, or what problems they dealt with. The attention is given not only to the life of the troops at the base on the eastern front but also to the transport over the Siberian Railroad to the east and the evacuation of the troops on ships to Europe.
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Roman Limes in Noricum and Pannonia
Salášková, Veronika ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Titz, Pavel (referee)
Author's name: Veronika Salášková Instititution: Charles University, Prague Filosofical faculty Institute for Classical Archaeology Celetná 20, Prague 1 Discipline: Classical archaeology Title: Roman Limes in Noricum and Pannonia Supervisor: Doc. PhDr. Jiří Musil, PhD. Number of pages: Number of attachments: Year of vindication: 2012 Keywords: Limes Romanus, legio, auxilia, provinces, camp, castellum, castra This thesis proposes to describe origin and evolution of Roman limes in provinces Noricum and Pannonia. At first will summarize the sources, history and evolution of Roman limes generally including particular types of fortifications, their evolution and troops of Roman army from it's beginning until it's end. Then will describe sections of limes in Noricum and Pannonia. Part of the thesis is also catalogue of images.
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