Česká generační paměť druhé světové války

• Authors: Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková

Title variants

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The Czech generational memory of the Second World War

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The1article adds to Second World War memory research by presenting the outcomes of a recent empirical survey conducted with two generations in the present‑day Czech Republic. One generation lived the majority of their lives under Communism while the second generation was born after the fall of Communism. The analysis revealed an important generational gap in the way the Second World War is remembered and perceived. While the older generation preferred to construct the Second World War rather as a set of home events focused on the traditional „Communist“ narrative of persecution and resistance, the younger generation tended to perceive the Second World War in more abstract, globalized and „western“ terms with the Holocaust as a key element. The article emphasizes a fact important for the present‑day Czech collective identities; this means the tendency of the young generation to perceive the war in abstract terms, but incorporating a home narrative of suffering.

Keywords

EN

memory; generation; Second World War; historical consciousness; Czech identity

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 117
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 637-665
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Radmila Švaříčková Slabáková

• Český časopis historický, redakce, Historický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Prosecká 76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic