Pamäť šľachty na Slovensku vo vzťahu k totalitným režimom 20. storočia na príklade rodu Csáky

• Authors: Roman Holec

Title variants

EN

Memories of Slovakia’s Nobility in Relation to the 20th Century Totalitarian Regimes Illustrated on the Case of Csáky Family

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Aristocratism and nobility were foreign elements in Slovakia. Unlike Moravia and Bohemia the nobles in Slovakia were of non-Slovakian origin and they either professed cosmopolitan principles, with the language constituting no identityforming factor, or they belonged to the German or – primarily – Hungarian ethnicity. The disintegration of Hungary and the creation of Czechoslovakia was a shock to the members of nobility from which they actually did not recover. They either joined the irredentist movement, or emigrated, mostly to Hungary, where aristocratism constituted a natural part of social life. Both groups followed a common goal as irredentism was the most promising way to get back their unsafe or lost property in Slovakia´s territory. All members of the Csáky family followed in the study closed their life story abroad. Confrontation with the totalitarian regime, mainly the Communist one, not only bereaved them of their property, but they were criminalized and plunged into permanent poverty. Their human dignity was often trampled, but they did not give up the values that their family had defended for centuries. The Csákys have remained engraved in historical mem

Keywords

EN

History; 20th century; Austria-Hungary; Czechoslovakia; aristocracy; Csáky; memories; daily newspapers

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: 2014
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 241-256

Contributors

author

Roman Holec

• Historický ústav Slovenskej akadémie vied, Bratislava, Slovak Republik