Otázka identity Čechů a Slováků v Jugoslávii v letech 1939–1941

• Autorzy: Milan Sovilj

Warianty tytułu

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The Question of Identity of Czechs and Slovaks in Yugoslavia in the Years 1939–1941

• Języki publikacji: CS

Abstrakty

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This article analyzes the question of identity of members of the Czech and Slovak minorities in Yugoslavia in a very turbulent period for the Yugoslav state. Despite that the great majority of Slovaks along with a certain number of Czechs held Yugoslav citizenship; the Slovaks and Czechs living in Yugoslavia were not willing to agree with the abolishment of Czechoslovakia. Members of the Czech minority saw the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as an occupied territory that had once been their homeland. On the other side, Yugoslav Slovaks, besides the fact that they also lost their original homeland, did not want to accept the Slovak regime due to its close cooperation with Nazi Germany and they did not agree with the strong German influence upon Slovakia. Even if the autonomy of Slovakia would had been acceptable, they did not want to reconcile themselves with the activities being taken by the Slovak government against Evangelicals. Therefore, the majority of Slovaks in Yugoslavia, who had been traditionally raised with Evangelism, sharply criticized the regime in Slovakia. The abolition of Czechoslovakia and the formation of a Slovak state and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia also acted to a certain extent upon the national consciousness of members of the Czech and Slovak minorities, serving to highlight the question of their identity. The article is primarily based on sources of Czech, Slovak, Yugoslav and German provenience as well as from period press materials.

Słowa kluczowe

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Czech minority; Slovak minority; identity; Yugoslavia 1939–1941

• Wydawca: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 100
• Numer: 2
• Strony: 297-322

Twórcy

autor

Milan Sovilj

• Ústav světových dějin, Filozofická fakulta Karlovy univerzity, Nám. Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, Czech Republic,