Documents concerning activities of Bohumil Laušman in Austrian and British archives

Bohumil Laušman was a social-democratic politician. He influenced the Czechoslovak politics between 1945-1948 and he contributed to the development of the socialist society. He emigrated to Federal Republic of Germany (Oberursel) after February 1948. Later, he went to Yugoslavia and Austria. He was kidnapped back to Czechoslovakia in 1953. Laušman was active in exile as we can see from archival collections. They can be found not only in Austrian and Serbian archives but also in British archives, e. g. in the documents of Blažej Vilím, Karl Maiwald or Jan Svoboda. Another important source of information is comprised in the memoirs of Rudolf Krupička. Krupička was a chemist who went to Yugoslavia with Laušman and supported him financially. He published a book where he describes their experiences. Materials relating to Laušman are available in the USA, too

Attempts at Renewing the Provincial Establishment in Moravia in 1968-70

Research study, trying to explain the effort of emancipation in Moravia in the given period; besides attempts to reform the territorial administration system, these often overgrew in the first manifestations of Moravian national awareness

Resistance of Czechoslovak people against the intervention

In August 1968, military troops of the Warsaw Pact countries invaded Czechoslovakia in order to force the leaders of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia to terminate people political and economic reforms. While the top representatives of the Party and state administration were detained in the USSR, the people of Czechoslovakia resisted the occupants and used non-violent methods to subvent their activity

Elections in 1946 in Brno

In 1946 the Communist Party won the election in Czechoslovakia while the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party achieved the victory in Brno. The paper analyses the course of the elections in Brno and resolves the failure of the communists

Communist Presidents of Czechoslovakia and their Time

Stories of the lives of Czechoslovak communist presidents

Tomáš Baťa and his Political Opinion

Founder of the shoemaking empire in Zlín - Tomáš Baťa - the public active personality as well; he engaged in communal politics. Author analyses his political opinions and positions