První kroky poválečné rekonstrukce a hospodářské obnovy v Československu v létě 1945

• Authors: Emil Voráček

Title variants

EN

The First Steps of Postwar Reconstruction and Economic Renewal in Czechoslovakia in 1945

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In this study the author concentrates on several heretofore relatively less-studied topics from the period of postwar reconstruction of the Czechoslovak economy. The focal point of the research is on the period immediately following the country’s liberation; that is, roughly from May until July 1945. The renewal of the economy was complicated by the need to immediately, and in parallel, solve many problems which would otherwise have had to be taken one by one. It was necessary to master a situation that was near to chaos, and doing so was also a political task of the utmost importance. The most pressing issues were reconstruction of the transportation infrastructure, supplying materials and fuel for renewing manufacturing, and providing for functional transportation, construction and specialized engineering technology. At the same time, processes were taking place to prepare for the complex renewal of the national economy, which later became the content of a two-year plan. The structure of the mechanisms for the new economic policy was given shape, and a great degree of nationalization, or, to be more precise, socialization was planned for in industry and banking.

Keywords

EN

postwar reconstruction; economic renewal; war damage; concept of renewal

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 102
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 205–247

Contributors

author

Emil Voráček

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