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The tragic fate of German community was one of the tragedies, which were result of Hitler's policy of aggression and utter disregard for the human rights. Slovak Germans, similarly like other German communities living in Europe, became entangled in Nazi ideology and paid a high price for it. In many cases they became the victims of events, which were beyond their power to control them. When war ended,...
Attitudes of German and Hungarian inhabitants who lived in Slovakia were not constant to Czechoslovak Republic. They changed under the influence of political progress. The main factors were geographical heterogeneity and different political orientations. The most important difference was between members of German minority who lived in Bratislava (gathered in Karptendeutsche Partei) and Germans who...
The paper monitors the political situation of German communities in Slovakia, mainly in the area of Spiš. It focuses on activities of Karpathendeutsche Partei, mainly in period 1935 – 1938 and its rivalry with Zipserdeutsche Partei. From 1930’s Karpathendeutsche Partei criticised Zipserdeutsche Partei for its co-operation with Hungarian parties. Zipserdeutsche Partei fell in crisis in the middle of...
The paper analyses the situation of Carpathian Germans in Slovakia, in the year 1945, when, on pretence of the so called collective guilt, Germans were interned in concentration camps. The paper is describing conditions in camps in which, at that time, the basic heath, hygienic and material conditions were not secured.
The article is focuses on the German state reformed secondary school in the 20s and 30s of the 20th century from its inception to the completion of its activities. This example shows the development of the German education during the first Czechoslovak Republic. The focus is not only on teachers, pupils and the structure of curricula, but also on extra-curricular activities of students and the closely...
During World War II and in its aftermath, Central Europe was exposed to huge migration waves. People of different religions and various mother tongues had to leave their homes and newcomers settled in the abandoned places. This paper focuses on a small town, Medzev, located on the southern edge of Spiš (eastern Slovakia), which was until the end of World War II inhabited mainly by a German-speaking...
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