Nositelé kontinuity a inovátoři. Poválečné osudy londýnských zednářů v Československu
Proponents of Continuity and Innovation: The Czechoslovak Freemasons from London back in Czechoslovakia after the Second World War
Author(s): Jana ČechurováSubject(s): History
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Ústav pro soudobé dějiny
Keywords: Czechoslovak émigré Freemasons; Czechoslovak Free-masonry during the Second World War; Freemasonry in Czechoslovakia; Rudolf Slánský; 'Jan Amos Komenský’ lodge; London Lodge; he interest of the state security forces in the Freemasons;
Summary/Abstract: The means of association and social communication of Freemasonry have a tradition going back almost 300 years. This ancient institution, which, in the spirit of the Enlightenment, also prided itself on being progressive, and was in the twentieth cen¬tury faced with a number of remarkable trials and tribulations. Using as her example the fate of members of the Freemasons' lodge in London exile, called the 'Jan Amos Komenský’ lodge, which maintained the continuity of Czechoslovak Free-masonry during the Second World War, the author describes the ideas, outlines, and limits of this progressiveness and how relative the category can be in revolutionary times.
Journal: Soudobé Dějiny
- Issue Year: XI/2004
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 83-106
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Czech