The Short-Lived Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945-1948)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- After the end of World War II, Czechoslovakia was taken by the Soviet Red Army, which facilitated the rise of the Communist Party in the country. The Communist Party, led by Klement Gottwald, gradually gained power and influence, with the help of Soviet support and propaganda.
In 1946, the Czechoslovakian parliamentary elections were held, and the Communist Party emerged as the largest political party. However, they did not win an outright majority, and formed a coalition government with other parties.
The Communist Party gradually consolidated its power in the government and security forces, and by 1948, the party had established complete control over the country. In February of that year, the non-communist ministers resigned from the government, and the Communist Party seized power in what became known as the "February Coup."
After the coup, Czechoslovakia became a one-party state, with the Communist Party as the only legal political party. The government was modeled after the Soviet Union, with a centralized economy and strict control over the media and civil society.
History Hustle presents: The Short-Lived Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945-1948).
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- The History of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (William Mahoney).
- A History of the Czech Lands (Jaroslav Pánek & Oldřich Tůma).
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The Czech Republic and East Germany were the only countries that had preexisting communist parties and infrastructure, and some level of support.
My roommate was born in Czechoslovakia in 1948. She escaped to Prague in the 60s, and had to wait there for two years before she was allowed to emigrate to the US. She still owns a farm there and goes back twice a year for a month each time, but considers herself a proud American.
Very interesting! I knew nothing about this. Thanks for the lesson Stefan 👍
Greets from Grun' 🇳🇱, TW.
I appreciate this interesting, short-lived state content.
Always interesting Stefan. Cheers from Tennessee
All those who fought in the Czech legion during WW1 would be rolling in their graves when they found out their homeland became a communist state after ww2
i never knew how did they become from a republic to a communist state thanks bro
Always had an obsession with CZ. In the early 1990s I was a Soldier in the US Army stationed in Germany and would often travel there. Found out recently through my great grandmother was from Bohemia. Want to visit again soon. Thanks for another fine documentary 😊
Very interesting video,never knew this existed. My father served in the German Wehrmacht during war. He spent two years as a POW in an American prison camp,station outside of Naples, Italy.He was released in 1947. So now I know why he couldn't go back home to Teplice,( in the Sudetenland). Thanks for sharing this interesting topic. Take care!
My Grandfather finished the war in Pilzen, he was a truck driver for 3rd US Army. I spent around 15 years in Germany as US Soldier, some of the best times I ever had 🇩🇪
NEVER KNEW this existed…
Much better known and better mapped than, say, Carpathian Ukraine ten years before.
In November 1992, the federal legislature voted to divide Czechoslovakia. Having drafted separate constitutions, the two new countries, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (later Czechia), formally came into being on January 1, 1993.
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A valuable lesson from which much can be learned.
The moral of the story is be careful what you wish for because you are not going to like it later
Part of the reason why the Communist Party was so popular in Czechia was because of the ,,western betrayal" and the Munich conference, also called ,,Munich diktat" or ,,about us without us/o nas bez nas", which bred anti-western sentiment.
I have been to the transdanubian triangle 🔺️ at Bratislava. Tramway from the railway station. Quite pleasant.
Good morning dutchman
The last train home is about the Czech legion in Russia making their way home to their independence state how you do a episode about them
Well, if this was the third republic, when and what happened to the second? I am guessing that one declared in 1918 was the first. Did the second one also have a short life? Looks like material for another episode.
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3:50. Interesting to note that Gottwald took his mother's name and stayed with it even in the most anti-German times imaginable. Benes also had German family members however he hated the Germans and was quoted that when he returned to Prague, he wanted to see "a German boy hanging from every lamp post". Someone who was there told me that actually took place. At least on the main route of his return, there was a German boy on every lamp post. Some were apparently quit young and my acquaintance said that it was hard to believe that everyone of the boys were guilty of war crimes. That is why I am not too sorry for Benes' sad end. I have more sympathy with Masaryk, both Senior and Junior, as far a being statesmen of a more fairer character. I do not know if Masaryk Junior was in full agreement with the Benes decrees which are apparently still on the books.
1) Dear, about 15-20% Czechs have german surnames(as ethnic identification could change over the generations, but surnames stay- 'germans' starting to identify as Czechs after one or two generations in majority-czech area and vice versa 'czechs' turning German - see many Czech surnames among Sudeten Germans).
Having a 'german' surname is not even noted here and these surnames were never considered 'foreign'.
So even for Gottwald, even shortly after WW2, this would not raise any comments really.
2) Regarding whether Masaryk junior was in agreement with 'Benes decrees'- yes he was.- he was diplomatically negotiating support of the Allies for this 'solution' as the Minister of foreign affairs of govt-in-exile since 1942.
3)Btw, 'Benes decrees' are in some comments sort of misunderstood as personal acts of president Benes or something he personally issues and created.
In fact 'Benes decrees' (or more precisely 'Decrees of the President of the Republic') was simply a legal term for any legislation or decision of the Czechoslovak government in the situation when the parliament could not convene(due to occupation)- so all legislation and decision by the government between 1939 to September 1945 was called 'Decrees of president'(and there were HUNDREDS of these 'Benes decrees', just one or two deal with expulsion of the Germans). .... Personalisation of 'decrees of president' to Benes is incorrect and grossly oversimplified understanding.
@@letecmig Thanks for your comments. Possibly you are a student of Czech history and know much more than I do. However was not Gottwald's mother an ethnic German? Also the fact that today so many Czech citizens have German-sounding family names and as you suggest, that is not much of an indication of any attachment to German language and culture not proof that the Benes decrees or in your parlance decrees of the president, actually worked? I mean in that sense that anyone who wished to remain German was exiled or murdered and anyone else who just wanted to pretend to have some sort of German ancestry had to assimilate and quickly become a Czech? If you are a student of Czech history, would you be able to comment on the quote about a "German boy hanging from every lamp post". Was Benes really so sadistic?