Slovak Historians in Exile in North America, 1945-1992
Slovak Historians in Exile in North America, 1945-1992

Summary/Abstract: Between 1945 and 1989 twenty-one Slovak émigré intellectuals in North America worked on various aspects of Slovak history. Only six of them were trained historians, while four each were journalists, ex-politicians and ex-diplomats. One each was a linguist, a philosopher and a poet. Together they produced a truly remarkable number of monographs and articles which helped to acquaint the West with various aspects of Slovak history and culture. For political reasons the output of these émigrés was largely ignored by Marxist historians in the homeland. Now that Slovakia is free from the restraints of Marxism, historians in the homeland and the émigrés in the West should acknowledge each other.s work and cooperate in the writing of Slovak history.

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