Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48: Beyond Idealisation and Condemnation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780230368743)

Covering the period between the Munich Agreement and the Communist Coup in February 1948, this volume provides the first full account of the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in London. In examining attitudes towards the Jews during World War 2 and its aftermath Jan Làníček explores the notion that Czechoslovak treatment of the Jews was shaped by resurgent Czech and Slovak nationalism/s caused by the war and by the experience of the occupation by the German army. He challenges the official history of Czechoslovak policy towards the Jews between 1918 and 1948, which still presents Czechoslovakia as an exceptional case study of an East-Central European state that rejected antisemitism and treated the Jews decently. This groundbreaking work offers a novel, provocative analysis of the political activities and plans of the Czechoslovak exiles during and after the war years, and of the implementation of the plans in liberated Czechoslovakia after 1945.

Author: J. Lánicek, Jan Lání?ek
ISBN-10: 0230368743
ISBN-13: 9780230368743
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 05/31/2013
Pages: 265
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2014