Title:

Rumours in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia: 100 Days from the Life of an Occupied Country

Subtitle:

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 125 (2022), In Memory of Professor Włodzimierz Borodziej

Creator:

Majewski, Piotr Maciej (1972– )

Institutional creator:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Nauk Historycznych ; Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2022

Description:

p. 75-97

Subject and Keywords:

Czechoslovakia - 1938-1945 ; World War (1939-1945) ; Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ; public opinion - Czechoslovakia ; gossip - political aspect ; German Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst, SD)

Abstract:

The article discusses rumours recorded by the German Security Service [Sicherheitsdienst, SD] in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia between 1 January and 10 April 1943. The author pursues quantitative and qualitative analysis and discusses rumours shared by Czech and German inhabitants of the country. The analysis results indicate that early 1943 saw a real crisis of confidence in the state and the Nazi regime among Germans living in the Protectorate. The Czech public opinion had likely reached a turning point, still highly afraid of German repressions, but also with a growing hope for the defeat of the Reich and a swift end to the war.

References:

Golombek Bedřich, Co nebude v dějepise (Brno, 1945)
Heinemann Isabel, Rasse, Siedlung, deutsches Blut: Das Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt der SS und die Rassenpolitische Neuordnung Europas (Göttingen, 2003) (Polish edition: Rasa, ziemia, niemiecka krew. Główny Urząd Rasy i Osadnictwa SS i nowy porządek rasowy Europy, transl. Justyna Górny [Gdańsk, 2014])
Knapp Robert H., ‘A Psychology of Rumor’, Public Opinion Quarterly, 8 (1944), 22–37
Kokoška Stanislav, ‘Nucené pracovní nasazení českého obyvatelstva v letech druhé světové války (historický úvod)’, in Pracovali pro Třetí říši. Nucené pracovní nasazení českého obyvatelstva Protektorátu Čechy a Morava pro válečné hospodářství Třetí říše (1939–1945). Edice dokumentů s historickým úvodem Stanislava Kokošky, ed. Zdeňka Kokošková, Jaroslav Pažout, and Monika Sedláková (Praha, 2011)
Majewski Piotr M., Niech sobie nie myślą, że jesteśmy kolaborantami. Protektorat Czech i Moraw, 1939–1945 (Warszawa, 2021)
Slavík Jan, Válečný deník historika, ed. Jaroslav Bouček (Praha, 2008)
Valníček Boris, Špatné časy pro život. Jak jsme přežívali válku (Třebíč, 2012)

Relation:

Acta Poloniae Historica

Volume:

125

Start page:

75

End page:

97

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

2450-8462 ; 0001-6829 ; 10.12775/APH.2022.125.04

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.295/125 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. A.296/125 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

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Access:

Open