HIB0400 Retribution Judiciary in Czechoslovakia 1945-1948

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimír Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Jan Chvatík (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 15:50–17:25 B2.22
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course will concentrate on a detailed analysis of the establishment and the activity of the vindicatory courts in the Czech lands and Slovakia in 1945-1948 with a special focus on some specifics cases heard at the Extraordinary People's Court in Brno in this period. Students will get a review of the post-war court sanctions of the Nazi war criminals and quislings in Czechoslovakia and experience in working with sources related with this topic.
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction to the topic and the archive institutions keeping the sources related to the vindicatory courts with the focus on the territory on Moravia.
  • 2) The president's decrees as the basic legal rules of retribution; their character, specifics and the history of the Great and Small Retribution Decree.
  • 3) The activity of the Commitee for the prosecution of war criminals; the role of Bohuslav Ečer.
  • 4) The establishment and the activity of the extraordinary people's courts in the Czech lands in 1945-1947, the operation of the Extraordinary People's Court in Brno in this period.
  • 5) The comparison of the situation in the Czech lands and Slovakia.
  • 6) Categories of people affected by the retributions.
  • 7) The course of the renewed phase of retributions in 1948.
  • 8) The destiny of the retribution prisoners in Czechoslovak prisons.
  • 9) The sanctions against war criminals in Czechoslovakia and other countries occupied by the Nazi Germany.
  • 10) Final conclusion and discussion about the topic "justice or revenge?"
Literature
    required literature
  • FROMMER, Benjamin. Národní očista : retribuce v poválečném Československu. Translated by Jakub Rákosník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2010, 504 s. ISBN 9788020018380. info
    recommended literature
  • BORÁK, Mečislav. Spravedlnost podle dekretu : retribuční soudnictví v ČSR a Mimořádný lidový soud v Ostravě (1945-1948). Translated by Diana Svobodová. Vyd. 1. Ostrava: Tilia, 1998, 450 s. ISBN 808610107X. info
  • DRTINA, Prokop. Na soudu národa : tři projevy ministra spravedlnosti dr. Prokopa Drtiny o činnosti mimořádných lidových soudů a Národního soudu. V Praze: Nákladem Ministerstva spravedlnosti, 1947, 78 s. info
  • FROMMER, Benjamin. National cleansing : retribution against Nazi Collaborators in Postwar Czechoslovakia. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xv, 387. ISBN 0521008964. info
  • JARKOVSKÁ, Lucie. Odplata, či spravedlnost? : mimořádné lidové soudy 1945-1948 na Královéhradecku. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2008, 364 s. ISBN 9788072602063. info
  • Dekrety prezidenta republiky 1940-1945 : dokumenty. Edited by Karel Jech - Karel Kaplan. 2. opr. a dopl. vyd. Brno: Doplněk, 2002, 1066 s. ISBN 8072850121. info
  • KUKLÍK, Jan. Mýty a realita tzv. "Benešových dekretů" : dekrety prezidenta republiky 1940-1945. Praha: Linde Praha - Právnické a ekonomické nakladatelství a knihkupectví Bohumily Hořínkové a Jana Tuláčka, 2002, 511 s. ISBN 8072013521. info
  • KUKLÍK, Jan. Vývoj československého práva 1945-1989. Praha: Linde Praha, akciová společnost, 2009, 727 stran. ISBN 9788072017416. info
  • STANĚK, Tomáš. Retribuční vězni v českých zemích :1945-1955. Vyd. 1. Opava: Slezský ústav Slezského zemského muzea, 2002, 248 s. ISBN 80-86224-33-3. info
  • JARDIM, Tomaz. Mauthausenský proces : americká vojenská justice v Německu. Vydání první. Praha: Academia, 2014, 279 stran. ISBN 9788020023360. info
Teaching methods
The course is carried out in form of seminars. Students will have to prepare an seminar work based on archival materials.
Assessment methods
The classification will evaluate attendance which will be proved by signatures on the attendance lists. The course is succesfully completed by written test examining the student´s elementary knowledge of the subject.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2010, Spring 2013.
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