"Eternal Brotherhood" Between Prešov and Pilsen? Authenticity, Recognized Necessity or Simply an Obligation? Cover Image

„Věčné bratrství“ mezi Prešovem a Plzní? Autenticita, poznaná nutnost nebo prostě jen povinnost?
"Eternal Brotherhood" Between Prešov and Pilsen? Authenticity, Recognized Necessity or Simply an Obligation?

Author(s): Karel Řeháček
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: Plzeň; Prešov; cooperation; 1948–1989; totality;

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to the cooperation of two regional cities of former Czechoslovakia, Pilsen in West Bohemia and Prešov in East Slovakia. It was established shortly after the February coup in 1948 and lasted until the end of the totalitarian regime in 1989. What was the meaning and character of this cooperation? Could it really bring something positive, or was it only an obligation “voluntarily” imposed by a totalitarian regime? How do historical sources write about it, and how do witnesses remember it?

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 26-38
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech