K pohledu tisku vydávaného v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava a v Říšské župě Sudety na význam a účel československo-sovětské smlouvy v závěru roku 1943

• Authors: Rudolf Žáček

Title variants

EN

On the view of the Protectorate and Sudeten German press on the meaning and purpose of the Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty at the end of 1943

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The essay deals with the overview and characteristics of Nazi press propaganda in relation to the Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty in the German press published in the Sudetenland and the Protectorate. It draws attention to the importance and means of press control by protectorate and German institutions. When assessing the method of promotion, it takes into account not only the central newspapers published in Prague and Liberec, but also the press organs published in the ethnically mixed areas of the Protectorate in Ostrava region and in the eastern part of the Opava government district. It draws attention to the key elements of the Nazi argument: the resignation of the Western allies to influence the fate of Central Europe, the role of Edvard Beneš in the process of supporting its Bolshevization, and an illustrative example of the fate of the Baltic countries, which made similar agreements with Stalin in 1939/40 and were subsequently annexed by the Soviet Union after a staged popular vote. He evaluates the success of Nazi propaganda by confronting it with reports on public sentiment compiled by the Reich’s security services and information from the surrounds of the anti-Nazi resistance.

Keywords

EN

Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty; German press; Protectorate; Sudetenland; Nazi propaganda

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 51-75
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rudolf Žáček

• Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic