Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Jan Láníček

   Pages 1-15

3. The Exiles and the Situation in Nazi Europe

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   Pages 16-41

4. The Meaning of Loyalty: The Exiles and the Jews, 1939–41

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   Pages 42-75

5. The Holocaust

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   Pages 76-115

6. The Jewish Minority and Post-War Czechoslovakia

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   Pages 116-145

7. Defending the Democratic ‘Myth’

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   Pages 146-186

8. Conclusion: Beyond Idealisation and Condemnation

   • Jan Láníček

   Pages 187-191

9. Back Matter

   Pages 192-265

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Covering the period between the Munich Agreement and the Communist Coup in February 1948, this groundbreaking work offers a novel, provocative analysis of the political activities and plans of the Czechoslovak exiles during and after the war years, and of the implementation of the plans in liberated Czechoslovakia after 1945.

• communism
• Europe
• Holocaust
• Judaism

"Czechs, Slovaks and the Jews, 1938-48 offers a valuable corrective to the complacent view that Czechoslovakia was somehow immune from anti-Semitism. It simultaneously highlights the extent to which Czech anti-Semitism tended to be upstaged by Czech German rivalry. This important contribution will be of interest to students of nationalism, Czechoslovak politics and Jewish history alike." - The Journal of the Historical Association

• University of New South Wales, Australia

  Jan Láníček

Jan Lání?ek works as Postdoctoral Fellow in Jewish History at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He received a PhD from the University of Southampton and in 2011-12 worked as a Prins Foundation Postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for Jewish History in New York.

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