Course: Czech comunism (1948-1960)

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Course title Czech comunism (1948-1960)
Course code KHI/KV08
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Rokoský Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
After February 1948, the Communist Party created its own rules, methods and institutions, most of which had no regard for legality. The state security, a powerful backbone of the regime, having an extraordinary position in the security forces, was involved in persecution and repression. Political violence invaded cities, towns and villages and irrevocably changed the lives of citizens. Party nomenclature and its transformations; the Third Resistance - people, times, fates; amnesty of the Presidents of the Republic.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
After February 1948 , the Czech Communist Party created its own rules, methods and institutions that mostly ignored the legality. State Security Service, a powerful support of the system, having an extraordinaryposition in the security forces participated in persecutions and repressions. Political violence invaded cities, towns, villages and irrevocably changed the lives of citizens.
The listener is able to critically evaluate the relevant source, is able to formulate and defend his/her own opinion, and is able to orient himself/herself in the broader contemporary context.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of developments in restored Czechoslovakia.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
he listener gets acquainted with archival material, on the basis of which he/she prepares a shorter critical essay (of his/her own choice or in agreement with the teacher).
Recommended literature
  • Odboj a odpor proti komunistickému režimu v Československu a ve střední Evropě. Praha, 2010.
  • Durman, K.:. Popely ještě žhavé I.. Praha, 2004.
  • Kaplan, K.:. Nebezpečná bezpečnost. Státní bezpečnost 1948-1956.. Brno, 1999.
  • Kocian, J. - Devátá , M. (eds.):. Únor 1948 v Československu. Nástup komunistické totality a proměny společnosti. Praha, 2011.
  • Pernes, J. - Foitzik, J. (eds.):. Politické procesy v Československu po roce 1945 a případ "Slánský". Brno, 2005.
  • Pinerová, K. (ed.):. Jáchymov. Jeviště bouřlivého století. Praha, 2018.
  • Svoboda, L. - Petráš, J. (eds.):. Osm let po válce. Rok 1953 v Československu. Praha, 2014.
  • Tomek, P. - Pejčoch, I. a kol.:. Od nesvobody k nesvobodě 1945-1956. Praha, 2011.
  • Veber, V. - Bureš, J. a kol.:. Třetí odboj. Kapitoly z dějin protikomunistické rezistence v Československu v padesátých letech 20. století. Praha, 2010.
  • Veber, V.:. Osudové únorové dny. Praha, 2008.


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