MVZ179 Resistance Movements in Occupied Europe 1939-1945

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Vladimír Černý, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D. (deputy)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Suchý, Ph.D.
Department of International Relations and European Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Olga Cídlová, DiS.
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 P24
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/100, only registered: 0/100
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Course objectives
The subject will focus on the genesis of the resistance movements in the countries occupied by Nazi Germany in 1939-1945. The course will deal both with the structure, development, aims and progress of the resistance activities in the countries, and the political aspects of these activities and the reaction of the Nazi security administration. The students will get a detailed review of the anti-Nazi activities in Europe during the World War II. They will also visit the memorial in Kaunitz Students' Hall in Brno (the former Gestapo police jail where 35,000 prisoners from all Europe were imprisoned during the occupation; the memorial houses a lot of unique exhibits) and they will meet the witnesses who were imprisoned there.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introductory lesson, review of the subject.
  • 2. The development of the Nazi occupation in Europe, the methods and aims of the occupation politics.
  • 3. The Nazi security administration as a tool of repression.
  • 4. Modest beginnings - the resistance movement in Central Europe in 1939-1941.
  • 5. The war with the Soviet Union and new forms of resistance in the East.
  • 6. Against Stalin - specifics of the resistance movement against the Soviet regime during the World War II.
  • 7. The resistance in Western and Northern Europe - France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.
  • 8. The resistance movement in Greece and Italy.
  • 9. The height of the resistance movement - the guerilla war in Yugoslavia.
  • 10. Resistance activities in other European countries (especially in Poland, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary).
  • 11. The resistance against the Nazis in Germany.
  • 12. Final lesson and discussion about the students' essays.
Literature
  • AUSKÝ, Stanislav A. Kozáctvo : poslední nástup a zánik. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003, 255 s. ISBN 8020409939. info
  • AUSKÝ, Stanislav A. Vojska generála Vlasova v Čechách : kniha o nepochopení a zradě. Vyd. 2., ve Vyšehradu 1. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1992, 348 s. ISBN 8070210966. info
  • AUSKÝ, Stanislav A. Dobrovolníci :evropská politika a druhá světová válka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Dita, 2002, 285 s., ob. ISBN 80-85926-35-0. info
  • BRANDES, Detlef. Exil v Londýně 1939-1943 : Velká Británie a její spojenci Československo, Polsko a Jugoslávie mezi Mnichovem a Teheránem. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003, 566 s. ISBN 8024604884. info
  • Davies, Norman: Boj o Varšavu. Povstání Poláků proti nacistům 1944. Praha: Prostor, 2005. ISBN 80-7260-147-4.
  • FERRO, Marc. Dějiny Francie. Translated by Jitka Matějů - Doubravka Olšáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2006, 692 s. ISBN 8071068888. info
  • Gebhart, Jan - Kuklík, Jan: Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české. Svazky XVa, XVb. Praha-Litomyšl: Paseka, 2006, 2007. ISBN 80-7185-264-3.
  • Grenkevich, Leonid D. - Glantz, David M.: The Soviet Partisan Movement 1941-1944. London: Routledge, 1999. ISBN 0-7146-4428-8.
  • HRADEČNÝ, Pavel. Dějiny Řecka. 2., dopl. a rozš. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2007, 768 s. ISBN 80-7106-192-1. info
  • Jackson, Julian: Francie v temných letech 1940-1944. Praha: BB/art, 2006. ISBN 80-7341-912-2.
  • KLEMPERER, Klemens von, Enrico SYRING and Rainer ZITELMANN. Atentát na Hitlera :muži 20. července. Translated by František Šístek. 1. vyd. Praha: Agentura V.P.K., 1995. ISBN 80-85622-37-8. info
  • KONTLER, László and Richard PRAŽÁK. Dějiny Maďarska. Translated by Miloslav Korbelík. Praha: Lidové noviny, 2001, 602 s. ISBN 807106405X. info
  • KOVÁČ, Dušan. Dějiny Slovenska. Translated by Emil Charous. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 422 s. ISBN 80-7106-267-7. info
  • KŘEN, Jan. Dvě století střední Evropy. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 1109 s. ISBN 8072036122. info
  • Macksey, Kenneth: Zapalte Evropu! Partyzáni v Evropě za druhé světové války. Brno: Jota, 2000. ISBN 80-7217-108-9.
  • Maršálek, Pavel: Protektorát Čechy a Morava. Státoprávní a politické aspekty nacistického okupačního režimu v českých zemích 1939-1945. Praha: Karolinum, 2002. ISBN 80-246-0302-0.
  • Paul, Gerhard - Mallmann, Klaus Michael (Hg.): Die Gestapo im Zweiten Weltkrieg. Heimatfront und besetztes Europa. Darmstadt: Primus Verlag, 2000. ISBN 3-89678-188-X.
  • PROCACCI, Giuliano. Dějiny Itálie. Translated by Drahoslava Janderová - Bohumír Klípa - Kateřina Vinšová. 1. čes. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1997, 493 s. ISBN 80-7106-152-2. info
  • ŠESTÁK, Miroslav. Dějiny jihoslovanských zemí. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1998, 756 s. ISBN 80-7106-266-9. info
  • Tálos, Emmerich - Hanisch, Ernst - Neugebauer, Wolfgang - Sieder, Reinhard: NS-Herrschaft in Oesterreich. Ein Handbuch. Wien, OBV und HPT Verlag, 2002. ISBN 3-209-03179-7.
  • ZEMAN, Zbyněk Anthony Bohuslav. Vzestup a pád komunistické Evropy. Translated by Jan Kuklík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1998, 324 s. ISBN 8020407081. info
Assessment methods
The classification will include the evaluation of students' essays on given topics (at least 18,000 characters). The final exam will be in the form of a written test examining the students' elementary knowledge of the subject. The available bibliography is mostly in Czech, about 40 pages are in English; the students interested in more details with the knowledge of German can also study selected parts of German publications.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
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