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The Czechoslovak Political Prisoners: The Return to Society
Authors: Louč Michal
Year: 2011
Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku
Name of source: Words & Silences - The Journal of the International Oral History Association
Publisher name: International Oral History Association (IOHA)
Place: Seaside
Page from-to: 73-82
Titles:
Language Name Abstract Keywords
cze Českoslovenští političtí vězni – návrat do společnosti Tématem článku život československých politických vězňů z 50. let po jejich propuštění z věznic a pracovních táborů. Autor dochází k závěru, že toto téma je v dosavadnícch orálně-historických pracech spíše opomíjeno a snaží se tuto mezeru, s využitím rozhovorů s narátory, alespoň částečně zacelit. Přibližuje především okolnosti, za kterých k propuštění došlo, jaké těžkosti provázely návrat do společnosti a jaký způsobem je na období po návratu vzpomínáno. Političtí vězni; komunismus; trauma; vzpomínání; stalinismus
eng The Czechoslovak Political Prisoners: The Return to Society This article contributes to the historiography of the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia and its political prisoners. The replacement of existing society with a “perfect society” in communist Czechoslovakia produced about 250, 000 political prisoners. Most of them were jailed in the years 1948–1960, when the Stalinist oppression was at its strongest. This paper analyses the subjective experience of prisoners returning back using interviews made in the last three years. Most of the victims of Stalinism were conditionally released in the years 1960–1962 and even for these people communism was not a monolithic experience and they had to live their “normal” life in any conditions. Using oral history methods, this paper explores how they perceived their existence after being released from prison. How they lived their “average” lives and whether they reached rehabilitation, educational and career goals instead of being politically oppressed as the state's enemies. Political prisoners; Communism; Trauma; Forgetting; Stalinism

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