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Emil Kutscha, native of Moravice, an important representative of Social Democratic Party of Germany (DSAP) in Silesia worked in Opava in 1918–1937 and spent the remaining months till his escape from the border area occupied by Germans on 1st October 1938 in Krnov. He was a member of the local authority in Opava and in 1923‒1938 a party district secretary; in 1930 he also became the member of the party...
The painter, writer and ethnographer Helena Salichová (1895–1975) was closely connected to the Silesian region which enchanted her and to which she dedicated her whole life. Her collecting activities in the field of ethnography focused on Silesian folk songs, folk costumes as well as understanding and preservation of Silesian folk literature. She used all these collections in her literary work and...
The article deals with physical evidence of games deposited in archaeological sub-collection of Silesian Museum in Opava. First, it is necessary to divide the world of games into games for children and for adults. The main element of any game is entertainment. However, children and adults have different reasons for playing. Games for children often simulate the adult world and are connected with the...
The article deals with Evangelic church in Třinec built in 1896‒1899 according to a project of Viennese architect Julius Leisching and Teschen master builder Ludwig Kametz. This church has not been paid much attention by art historians. Nevertheless, it is a remarkable construction – with respect to its conservative but quality historicizing architecture significantly enriching the town complex of...
The Among the documents preserved in the local archive (Archiwum Państwowe we Wrocławiu) within the collection of deeds issued by municipal and local government, list of assessors of The Feudal Court (Hof oder Mannengericht) from 1380 till 1611 can be found. The interconnection of this institution bound to the „Hauptmann“ of Wrocław office with interests, aspirations and activities of representatives...
The study deals with trilogy from Silesian village of regional writer Fran Směja: Troubled Stream (Kalný proud, 1933), What a Pity of the Country (Škoda té země, 1947), Accusation (Obžaloba, manuscript 1968). The time interval between the individual novels of the cycle leads to the need to „rewrite” the original plan in order to conform to the contemporary semantic frameworks. Thus we analyse the...
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