Příběh rodiny Huga Salm-Reifferscheidta Příspěvek ke konfrontaci šlechty s totalitními režimy
Story of Hugo Salm-Reifferscheidt and His Family: A Case Study in Confrontation between Aristocracy and Totalitarian Regime

Summary/Abstract: The presented study is based on primary archive research, which reflects on the story of the aristocratic Salm-Reifferscheidt family from Rájec (Raitz), focusing on the 1930s, the Second Czechoslovak Republic and the era of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. The pivotal moment in the history of this family came with their declaration of German nationality in 1930, which subsequently resulted in their being pressurised by the Nazi authorities to adopt German nationality and citizenship of the Reich after the establishment of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in March 1939. The study recounts the efforts of Hugo Salm-Reifferscheidt (1893 – 1946) to resist this pressure, which he succumbed to after four months. Despite this, however, he did not avoid enforced Nazi administration, which was replaced by Czech national administration soon after liberation from Nazi authority. The study also looks at the fate of the Salm-Reifferscheidt family after 1945 up to its departure from Czechoslovakia.

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