History of the Jews in the Bohemian Lands

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In History of the Jews in the Bohemian Lands, Martin Wein traces the interaction of Czechs and Jews, but also of German-speakers, Slovaks, and other groups in the Bohemian lands and in Czechoslovakia throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Archival Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction Prague as a Theoretical Starting Point History and Theory of Nationalism Nation-cleansing Christian-Jewish Relations About This Book Chapter 2 The Great Fin-de-Siècle Crisis, 1897–1900 Language Ordinances and the Political Parties Party Politics Press Incitement Economic Boycotts and “Sanitation” Riots and Blood Libels The Hilsner Trial Leopold Hilsner Karel Baxa Chapter 3 Fallout: The Impact of the Crisis, 1900–1914 From German-Liberalism to Zionism in Prague Berta Fanta Czech-Jews Revisited Jewish Allies Reconsidered Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Chapter 4 World War I and the Founding of Czechoslovakia, 1914–1920 Christians and Jews in the Great War Ostjuden The Czechoslovak Exile The Prague Revolution Czechoslovakia’s Borders “Pogromstimmung” Chapter 5 The First Republic and the Minorities, 1920–1938 From French to Nazi German Czechoslovakia Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia as Czech Colonies? Jews and Other Minorities The End of German-Liberalism Czechoslovakia’s Hungarian-speaking Minority International Minority Politics German and Austrian Refugees in Czechoslovakia Chapter 6 Jewish Religion in Czechoslovakia, 1920–1938 Jewish Religion in the Bohemian Lands Jiří Langer Alfred Fuchs Christians and Jews in Slovakia Christians and Jews in Subcarpathian Ruthenia Hayim Eleazar Shapira Chapter 7 Jewish Politics in Czechoslovakia, 1920–1938 Red Jews—Green Jews Two Missions to the East Zionist Internal Colonialism Slovak-Jews Jewish Education in Subcarpathian Ruthenia Hayim Kugel Chapter 8 The Munich Agreement and the Second Republic, 1938–1939 Road to Munich In the No Man’s Land “Czecho-Slovakia” Czech Fascism? The First Transfer Agreement Marie Schmolková Chapter 9 Nazi Germany’s “Protectorate,” 1939–1945 Fascist Slovakia and Subcarpathian Ruthenia The “Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia” The Nazi Genocide in the “Protectorate” Resistance and Collaboration Milena Jesenská Chapter 10 World War II and the Czechoslovak Exile, 1938–1945 Familiar Exiles Return to the Native? The Czechoslovak Army-in-Exile in Poland Svoboda’s Army Liberation? Chapter 11 The Reconstitution of Czechoslovakia, the Third Republic, and the Rise of Communism, 1945–1948 A Historical Opportunity? Czechoslovakia’s Great Nation-Cleansing The Pitter-Fierz Reports The Romany Survivor Community Making of a Communist State A New Dictatorship Chapter 12 Czechoslovakia’s Jewish Survivor Community, 1945–1948 A Demography of Survivors Jewish Population Movements Restitution and Riots Organizations, Press, and Education Crackdown The Second Transfer Agreement “Crossbreeds” Closed Gates Chapter 13 Conclusions Appendix A Terminology Appendix B Population Statistics of Czechoslovakia Appendix C Jewish Religious Movements in Czechoslovakia Bibliography Index