M. Jan Hus v ideologii Komunistické strany Československa ve světle díla Zdeňka Nejedlého a archivních dokumentů
Master Jan Hus in the Ideology of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the Light of Work by Zdeněk Nejedlý and Archival Documents

Summary/Abstract: Churches were perceived as an ideological enemy under the reign of Communism and therefore the Establishment tried to systematically liquidate them. One of the forms of the anti-religious struggle was the abuse of historical church figures by Communist ideology. In this study, the author tries to highlight the ideological character of the abuse of Jan Hus, who was deliberately portrayed as a social revolutionary and rebel against the old order, even at the cost of distorting historical facts. This abuse is documented particularly using the works of the Communist minister Zdeněk Nejedlý Hus and Our Time and Communists – the Heirs of the Great Traditions of the Czech Nation. In the following part of the study, the author demonstrates the research possibilities in contemporary literature, particularly daily periodicals, along with other materials deposited in South Bohemian archives. These all serve to document this abuse in practice with mention made of the persecution of the renowned church historian Jaroslav Kadlec by the Communist regime.

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