Slovakia as a constitutional problem on the way to renewal
of Czechoslovakia in 1945 in the eyes of Slovak political parties
(bases, imaginations, expectations and reality) Cover Image

Slovensko ako štátoprávny problém na ceste k obnove Československa roku 1945 očami slovenských politických strán (východiská, predstavy, očakávania a realita)
Slovakia as a constitutional problem on the way to renewal of Czechoslovakia in 1945 in the eyes of Slovak political parties (bases, imaginations, expectations and reality)

Author(s): Marek Syrný, Anton Hruboň
Subject(s): History, Political history, Recent History (1900 till today), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Masarykův ústav
Keywords: Czech-Slovak Relations; Slovak Question; Slovak State; Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party; Democratic Party; Communist Party of Slovakia

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on the analysis of wartime Slovak political parties’views on Slovakia’s status after the World War II. The paper is divided intotwo main blocks. The first one deals with the shy plans of the Hlinka’s SlovakPeople’s representatives to maintain Slovak independence on a post-war map.Second one clarifies changing attitudes of resistance and its dialogues with theLondon and Moscow exile concerning the question of Slovak statehood in thecontext of expected Czechoslovakia’s rebirth after fall of the Nazi rule and inthe very first months of 1945. The authors analyse complicated “behind-curtain”debates, the nature of discourse regarding the face of post-war Slovakia andSlovak question as a serious problem between the Slovak political opposition,Beneš’ exile government in London and communist exile in Moscow that shapedCzechoslovak internal policy even after liberation in May 1945.

  • Issue Year: 8/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 35-65
  • Page Count: 30
  • Language: Slovak