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Identifier	Thesis 2074
Author	Watkins, Adam David,1979-
Title	The show trial of JUDr. Milada Horáková : the catalyst for social revolution in communist Czechoslovakia, 1950
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Over the last twenty years and since the fall of the Iron Curtain, stories that were once silenced under the Czechoslovak Communist occupation are at last being voiced. The discovery of accounts of those who were persecuted under communism has hitherto remained unexamined and often overlooked by Western scholars. As information unravels out of the classified vaults, archives, and journals of the not-so-distant past, the global community is increasingly learning chronicles of survival, perseverance, and plights for human rights under the Red Star. This historiography documents one woman’s unfaltering courage and journey within the indoctrination of Czechoslovak Communism in 1948. The study deconstructs the show trial’s influence on inducing a country to foster the Communist movement against decades of democratic traditions. The research reveals the impact of the show trial of Dr. Milada Horáková in 1950 and how it was instrumental in reforming a society, marked the beginning of Stalinism, and ushered forth a perverted system of justice leading to a cultural transformation after the Communist putsch. Furthermore, the revolution truncated intellectual thought and signified the end of many social movements - including the women’s rights movement in Czechoslovakia. With the advent of the Communist government in 1948, a crucial turning point occurred within the Communist movement in the minds of a nation which revolutionized Czechoslovak public opinion, silenced critics, and secured allegiance to the newly created Communist state. The research illustrates how this decisive event served as a catalyst for Stalinism to succeed in a democratically-rooted society. Josef Stalin and Czechoslovak Communist leaders could purge politicians, control the media, and structure economic collectivism but they required a vehicle to transfigure the mentality of Czech citizens. This was compulsory to assure the future of the furthest Communist satellite state. The research argues that the process and propaganda surrounding Dr. Milada Horáková and twelve other cultural symbols was an imperative turning point in communism’s success thus signifying the start of Stalinism’s apex in Czechoslovakia. Furthermore, it contends that without the show trial and execution of Dr. Milada Horáková, the following show trials and political purges of the early 1950s which liquidated approximately 200 people would have not have had the public support if her trial had not established the social and “legal” precedent. The May-June show trial of Dr. Milada Horáková in 1950 was a watershed moment in Soviet “judicial” processes that ultimately enabled other victims to be led to the gallows. Consequently, her show trial was neither an overt political purge nor a religious eradication to eliminate the Roman Catholic Church as the other trials demonstrated, yet it functioned as a trial to culturally revolutionize the minds and beliefs of a nation so fiercely independent which can only underscore the sophistication of the propaganda at that time.
Subject	Horáková, Milada,1901-1950 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992
Department	Department of International and Area Studies
Advisor	Kideckel, David A., 1948-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	713735047
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