Expelled members of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Their careers and perspectives during the beginning of the Normalisation era in South Bohemia
Expelled members of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Their careers and perspectives during the beginning of the Normalisation era in South Bohemia

Summary/Abstract: The following study deals with those members of the Communist Party of Czecho- slovakia (Komunistická strana Československa, KSČ) who had to face expulsion from the Party at the beginning of the 1970s. It aims to present the perspectives of the rank-and-file members of the KSČ who were excluded or expelled after the mil- itary intervention of the Warsaw Pact troops in August 1968. Using the example of those expelled from two districts in South Bohemia (Český Krumlov and Prachat- ice), we will try to show the communist regimeʼs principled openness to redress among those affected who demonstrated their loyalty to the regime. The Party sanction, or rather the hope of improving their disadvantaged position, thus moti- vated some of those affected to various expressions of loyalty, manifested not only in official requests for re-admission to the Communist Party, but above all through increased activity and public engagement. Also, many highly qualified workers were not significantly affected by the vetting due to their privileged status.

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