The estate of Milan Rastislav Štefánik in the context of institutional and family interests in the interwar period and during World War II Cover Image

Pozostalosť Milana Rastislava Štefánika v kontexte inštitucionálnych a rodinných záujmov v medzivojnovom a vojnovom období
The estate of Milan Rastislav Štefánik in the context of institutional and family interests in the interwar period and during World War II

Author(s): Peter Macho
Subject(s): Museology & Heritage Studies, Political history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, Filozofická fakulta
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; Milan Rastislav Štefánik; estate; Albertína Štefániková; Památník odboje; Slovak National Museum;

Summary/Abstract: After the tragic death of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, one of the founders of Czechoslovakia, the Czechoslovak government bought his estate and use it for museum exhibition purposes. The collection of Štefánik‘s effects and writing was much sought after by Slovak as well as Czech museums and memory institutions, but it finally found its home in the museum of Czechoslovak Legions in Prague established at the Ministry of Defense (Památník odboje). In 1939-1940, the collection was transferred to Slovakia to the Slovak National Museum in Martin. Today, many of these artefacts are now located in Štefánik‘s birth house in the village of Košariská which is a branch of the Slovak National Museum. This paper examines the tumultuous history of negotiations between the Czechoslovak government and the Štefánik family which resulted in the purchase of Štefánik‘s estate in 1923.

  • Issue Year: 5/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 57-68
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Slovak