80th Anniversary of the Confiscation in Czechoslovakia after World War II Cover Image

K 80. výročí konfiskací proběhlých v Československu po 2. světové válce
80th Anniversary of the Confiscation in Czechoslovakia after World War II

Author(s): Ondřej Mikule
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Public Law, Economic history, Political history, WW II and following years (1939 - 1949), History of Communism
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; World War II; confiscation; ownership

Summary/Abstract: The paper is dedicated to the issue of confiscations that took place in Czechoslovakia after the end of World War II. It focuses on the ideological sources of the confiscations in both domestic and foreign resistance movements, which found expression in the Košice Government Program of April 1945. Attention is paid to the legislative implementation of the confiscations and the government discussions on the wording of individual presidential decrees through which the confiscations was carried out. The article also briefly discusses the differences in Slovak legislation regarding the confiscations of agricultural property.

  • Issue Year: 56/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 183-199
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech
Toggle Accessibility Mode