Propagandistické kampaně v Československu v letech 1948-1953

• Main Author: Kourová, Pavlína
• Other Authors: Pokorný, Jiří
• Format: Doctoral Thesis
• Language: Czech
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-327423

TITLE: Propaganda campaigns in Czechoslovakia 1948-1953 AUTHOR: Pavlína Kourová DEPARTMENT: History & History Didactics Department SUPERVISOR: Prof. PhDr. Jiří Pokorný, CSc. ABSTRACT: This dissertation concerns propaganda campaigns conducted by the communist regime in Czechoslovakia during the years 1948- 1953. The main objective is to describe, on the basis of archive research, how these campaigns proceeded, how and by whom they were organised, in which way party organs, state institutions and the media were involved and how the general public was engaged in these campaigns. Since a large number of propaganda campaigns were mounted in the selected period, all attention in this dissertation is focussed on six divergent campaigns, which together provide a representative picture with regard to the chosen theme. It concerns the campaigns that accompanied the 70th birthday celebrations of J. V. Stalin, the trial of the former politician Milada Horáková et al., the battle against the "American beetle" (potato beetle), the "Lánská akce" (a mass recruitment drive for young people to work in the mining industry), the attempt to introduce a "děda Mráz" ("Father Frost") tradition to replace traditional Christmas celebrations and the trial of former general secretary Rudolf Slánský et al. All these campaigns were...