Eyewitnesses are mostly people older than 80 years old, men and women from different social groups, of different professions and different democratic opinions. Due to some factors such as high age, health conditions or memory it would be precarious to provide concrete list of names. The course includes the following topics: 1. Czechoslovakia - Czechs, Germans, Slovaks, Rutheninas: points of view and their changes. 2. The method of oral history - advantages and pitfalls of its use 3. About the first Czechoslovakia - testimonies of witnesses. What language does the Lord speak? (directed by Pavel Štingl, Czech Television 2001) 4.-5. The Protectorate of Bohemia adn Moravia - testimony of witnesses. Heydrich - the Final Solution (directed by Robert Sedláček et al., Czech Television 2011), Seven Lights (directed by Olga Sommerová, Czech Television 2008), The sweet Bitterness of Lída Baar (directed by Helena Třeštíková, Czech Television 1995), Memories of Ravensbrück (directed by L. Walzová, Czech Television 1995). 6. Third Czechoslovakia - testimonies of witnesses Hitler, Stalin and Me (directed by Helena Třeštíková, Czech Television 2001). 7.-8. The 1950s in Communist Czechoslovakia - testimonies of witnesses. The Sweet Century (directed by Helena Třeštíková, Czech Television 1997), Against Communism with a Gun in Hand (directed by Martin Vadas, Czech Television 1999), The Tower of Death (directed by Kristina Vlachová, Czech Television 2002), The Lost Soul of the Nation (directed by Olga Sommerová, Petr Nikolaev, Czech Television 2002). 9.-10. "The Golden Sixties" and the Prague Spring of 1968-testimonies of witnesses. Invasion 11968. The Russian View (directed by Josef Pazderka, Czech Television 2011), Thanks in the Golden City - the end of the Prague Spring 1968 (directed by Peter Heller, 2008), Pape Heads (directed by Dušan Hanák, Slovak Television 1995), Kinship by Choice (directed by Karel Vachek, Czechoslovak Television 1968). 11.-12. Communist "normalization" - testimonies of witnesses. Husák?s Silence (directed by Robert Sedláček, Czech Television 2002), Certainty of the Worst (directed by Ales Kisil, Czech Television 2007), Parallel Portrait (directed by Jaroslav Brabec, Czech Television 2005), I Didn?t Hurt Anyone (directed by Pavel Křemen, Czech Television 2011). 13. The Fall of the Communist Regime in Czechoslovakia - Testimonies of Witnesses. Tenrkát (directed by Robert Sedláček, Czech Television 1999). 14. Final colloquium.
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Existence of Czechoslovakia is a matter of past time, however there still live eyewitnesses who can tell us what it was like to "live" in Masarykś republic, how Nazi occupation and World War II interfered with their lives or how the communist regime affected them in the 50s of the 20 century. There are still people with troubled destiny who are half forgotten, not fully appreciated or even ignored very often. This course is trying to enable these people to speak about their individual experiences, attitudes and opinions so that younger generation would be reminded of their life experience. Our aim to map "minor history" is important for democratization of history. Destiny of eyewitnesses should never be forgotten and should bring young people to thinking over complicated modern Czech and Slovak history.
Students of history at FF UJEP in Ústí nad Labem have an opportunity to meet various persons related to the history of Czechoslovakia, they can ask about particular historical events, they can confront their knowledge from literature with direct responses and they can think about different attitudes and opinions. Deeper knowledge of modern history and different standpoints are both necessary and useful, particularly for future teachers.
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