„Jestli jsi to myslel upřímně, půjdeš dělat, co strana potřebuje“
“If You Mean This Sincerely, You will Do What the Party Needs”

Summary/Abstract: Research into the power structures of the state socialism dictatorship in Czechoslovakia has understandably focused on the highest echelons of the party hierarchy, or the leadership of the repressive apparatus. An important role influencing the practical exercise of power, however, was also played by the lower strata of the Communist Party. The shifts in their functioning can be seen as a good indicator of the transformations of the basic features of the existing social and political establishment. One such shift that could be observed after 1953 was closely linked to the work of regional and district secretaries of the Party.

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