Orte des Klassenkampfs in der Tschechoslowakei als Erinnerungsorte: Die Arbeiterbewegung in Nordböhmen

• Authors: Pýcha Čeněk

Title variants

EN

Places of Class Struggle in Czechoslovakia As Realms of Remembrance: The Labour Movement in Northern Bohemia

• Languages of publication: DE

Abstracts

EN

This paper discusses the tourism in places in connection with “class struggle” during the era of state socialism in Czechoslovakia. During the time of economic crisis in the 1930s, there were some incidents between gendarmerie and striking workers in the areas of high unemployment. These events were misused in the propaganda as legitimization of the Communist Party’s leading role after the 1948 revolution. These places of “class struggle” were privileged in hierarchy of heritage preservation during the communist era (1948–1989). The author focuses on sources connected with tourism (guidebooks, maps) and raises the question if historical agents and society adopted these places. The methodological remarks are an important part of the paper.

Keywords

EN

Heritage; Tourism; Socialism; Class Struggle; Remembrance; Czechoslovakia

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Prague Papers on the History of International Relations
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 106-115

Contributors

author

Pýcha Čeněk

• Department of Czech History, Faculty of Arts, Charles University