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Pracovní úrazy a zdravotní péče u pomocných technických praporů (PTP)
Work Injuries and Medical Care in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions (PTP)

Author(s): Radek Švec
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Special Historiographies:, Military policy, History of Communism, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: Auxiliary Technical Battalions; Politically unreliable persons; Work injuries; Medical care; Political Persecution; Memories of Contemporary Witnesses

Summary/Abstract: In my contribution, I discuss the topic of work injuries and medical care in the Auxiliary Technical Battalions, which, like other internment facilities of the communist regime (such as prisons and prison camps, civilian forced labor camps, or internment monasteries), is a lesser known and, I dare say, widely neglected topic. I also try to provide readers with a comprehensive view of this topic with the help of testimonies of contemporary witnesses, which can help us to get a complete picture of the situation at the time.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-54
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Czech