DEp26s Development of statehood in 1938 - 1948

Faculty of Education
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. František Hanzlík, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. František Hanzlík, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Kamil Štěpánek, CSc.
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the main milestones of Czech statehood development between Munich 1938 and February 1948 to show the consequences of the division of the spheres of influence between the victorious powers on the development of the struggle for political power in Czechoslovakia between 1945 and 1948. Contribute to the deepening of students' sources and literature of different provenance to this issue and to use their content in the interpretation of specific content issues concerning the period of development in 1938-1948.
Learning outcomes
The student is determined to identify the main milestones of the development of Czech statehood between Munich 1938 and February 1948
Syllabus
  • Causes and Consequences of Munich 1938 for Czechoslovakia. statehood, possibilities of military defense of the republic in 1938. Political development II. the Czechoslovakia in March 1939. The context of the creation of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and the independent Slovak Republic. Efforts to maintain continuity of MS. statehood in foreign and domestic resistance, creating conditions for restoration of statehood in the final phase II. world war. Conception of the New Government Program Platform, Košice Government Program. Internal and External Context of Political Development in 1945 - 1948 (Beneš's decrees, expulsion, retribution, 1946 elections, etc.). The possibilities and limits of the influence of the main political forces in the struggle for grasping power in this period. February 1948 and its consequences.
Literature
  • BENEŠ, Edvard. Paměti : [od Mnichova k nové válce a k novému vítězství]. Edited by Karel Novotný. 5. vyd., v Našem vojsku 1. Praha: Naše vojsko, 2004. 531 s. ISBN 8020607099
  • BENEŠ, Edvard. Šest let exilu a druhé světové války : řeči, projevy a dokumenty z r. 1968-45. 3. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1946. 486 s
  • HANZLÍK, František. Vojenské obranné zpravodajství v zápasu o politickou moc :1945-1950. Vyd. 1. Praha: Úřad dokumentace a vyšetřování zločinů komunismu PČR, 2003. 357 s. ISBN 80-7312-028-3
  • KAPLAN, Karel. Pět kapitol o únoru. Vyd. 1. Brno: Doplněk, 1997. 557 s. ISBN 808576573X.
Teaching methods
lecture
Assessment methods
written seminar paper, colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018.
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