Black Lesbian in White America and Other Writings
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Mit der Dakota in die Freiheit
Fluchten aus der kommunistischen Tschechoslowakei per Flugzeug und Zug, 19481953
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Text in German. Migration from the country -- this phenomenon can be found wherever there are undemocratic, generally unfree conditions. There are numerous examples and fates where fleeing the homeland was the only option, as in the Czech and Slovak history of the 20th century at the time of totalitarian regimes. In his present book, Slavomír Michálek deals with escapes from Czechoslovakia (ČSR) in the years 1948 to 1953. In doing so, he looks in particular at four hijackings of civilian aircraft and a passenger train and the subsequent "response of the communist hammer", the Czechoslovak State Security (tB ). The foreign political context associated with the kidnappings and the resulting consequences are also highlighted. With the takeover of power by the communist regime in the Czech Republic and as a result of its totalitarian character, the waves of flight began - people were fleeing in search of their salvation, their freedom and a new home. Refugees towards democracy, whether for economic, political or social reasons, characterized the entire 40-year existence of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. With his book, Slavomír Michálek offers an excellent introduction to a closer examination of the subject of flight and the causes of flight.
Slavomir Micháaek, born in 1961, is a historian, senior researcher in the Department of Modern History and Director of the Historical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. Michálek's areas of research include US foreign policy, Czech-US relations after World War II, the history of the United Nations, Slovak figures in the service of Czechoslovak diplomacy, and the second and third Slovak and Czechoslovak democratic exiles in America. He is the author of numerous studies in these areas and regularly gives lectures at many international conferences in Germany and abroad. He completed several study and research stays at universities and research institutions in Great Britain, the USA and Canada.
- ISBN-13
- 9783838214986
- Publisher
- Ibidem Press/Ibidem-Verlag
- Imprint
- Ibidem Press/Ibidem-Verlag
- Publication date
- 7 June 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- German
