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Von der Fremdbesatzung zur kommunistischen Diktatur. Die personellen Umbrüche in der tschechoslowakischen Wirtschaft nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

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  • Balcar Jaromír

    (Universität Bremen / Institut für Geschichtswissenschaft, Fachbereich 8 / Abteilung Neuere und Neueste Gesch, Bremen, Deutschland)

  • Kučera Jaroslav

    (Karlsuniversität in Prag, Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für In, Praha 5, Tschechische Republik)

Abstract

During the post-war period Czechoslovakia experienced a radical change in business and economic elites, which took place in three stages. The first phase commenced immediately after the end of World War II, when factory counsels conducted a personal purge within their enterprises. While German directors had fled or had been expelled, many of their Czech colleagues retained their positions, because the new regime seemed in need these experts′ 'know-how′. In 1948, the Communists triggered a second wave of purges mainly directed against members of other political parties or managers supposed to be opponents of the new regime. When the Communist Party started to search for "enemies" within their own ranks, the remainder of the country′s economic elites familiar with the interwar period′s market economy was eliminated during the show trials of the early 1950s.

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  • Balcar Jaromír & Kučera Jaroslav, 2010. "Von der Fremdbesatzung zur kommunistischen Diktatur. Die personellen Umbrüche in der tschechoslowakischen Wirtschaft nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg," Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook, De Gruyter, vol. 51(2), pages 71-94, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:jbwige:v:51:y:2010:i:2:p:71-94:n:4
    DOI: 10.1524/jbwg.2010.0016
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