Constructing National Unity. Commemorations of Tomáš G. Masaryk´s Death

• Authors: Dagmar Hájková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with commemorations of the death of Tomáš G. Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia. The funeral, its organization, and the location of Masaryk’s grave reflected a new – predominantly nationalist-military-legionnaire – concept of the traditions of the Czechoslovak state. In the politically turbulent Europe of the late 1930s, it provided an opportunity to solidify the Czechoslovak national identity and to represent multinational state as unified.

Keywords

EN

Tomáš G. Masaryk; Funeral; Commemoration; First Czechoslovak Republic

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Masaryk's Institute and Archives, ASCR
• Journal: Střed. Časopis pro mezioborová studia Střední Evropy 19. a 20. století. / Centre. Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies of Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 33-55

Contributors

author

Dagmar Hájková