Petr Brod, Czech Republic
Petr Brod, Czech Republic

Author(s): Petr Brod
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Recent History (1900 till today), History of Communism, Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Summary/Abstract: This conference is subtitled “The View of Historians and Legal Experts”. I myself am neither a professional historian nor an expert on the law. Rather, I speak from personal experience as somebody who comes from a family that suffered in various ways under both totalitarian systems, and as somebody who lived in exile and in his own way took part in activities aimed against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia – in my case, at foreign radio stations. There are in essence two strands to what I would like to speak about. I will partly attempt to answer certain questions which come under this panel’s heading. And I would also like to consider certain aspects of these issues from the Jewish perspective. That is because we find in the histories of both the 20th century’s totalitarian regimes tragic and interesting links to Jewish history. Some have already been discussed, and I have my own perspective on them.

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