On the Development of Czech and Slovak Relations in Bratislava (1918 – 1945) Cover Image

K vývinu česko – slovenských vzťahov v Bratislave (1918 – 1945)
On the Development of Czech and Slovak Relations in Bratislava (1918 – 1945)

Author(s): Daniel Luther
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Diplomatic history, Political history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Bratislava’s integration in the Czechoslovak Republic; Czechs in Bratislava 1918–1945; Czech-Slovak relations;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the development of Czech and Slovak relations in Bratislava during the inter-war period, disrupted by the autonomist radicalisation of Slovak society that resulted in the establishment of the totalitarian regime of the Slovak state. The incorporation of the predominantly German and Hungarian city in the new Czecho-Slovak Republic in 1918 resulted in mass immigration of Czechs and Slovaks. The mutual relations developed under the difficult conditions of the new state and multi-ethnic city. I focus on the contribution of Czechs at the stage of Bratislava’s transformation into a Czechoslovak city and on its economic and cultural development which brought Slovak citizens to the fore, becoming the most numerous ethnic population group. It is not my ambition to provide an analysis of the entire 20-year period; my intention is to generalise the social consequences of some key events.

  • Issue Year: 66/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 303-317
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Slovak