The Greek Immigration in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989): Arrival, Process of Settlement, Legal Status, Repatriation

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Greek Immigration in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989): Arrival, Process of Settlement, Legal Status, Repatriation
Original language description
The Greeks represented the largest group of foreigners over the entire period of the communist Czechoslovakia. These individuals were mostly followers of the Greek communists, i.e. "befriended foreigners" who gave the Czechoslovak regime the opportunityto demonstrate its solidarity and internationalism. Their presence was also used by the official propaganda as an antipole to thousands of Czechoslovak citizens leaving for western countries. A closer look at the Greek immigration, based on analysis of Czech primary sources, surprises not only by the ethnic and linguistic diversity of immigrants from Greece, but also by the diversity of pathways to adaptation to the Czechoslovak society. This paper deals with the case of approximately 12 000 Greek immigrants in Czechoslovakia, focusing on the routes which the Greek immigrants had to take to go into exile, and their settlement strategies in Sudetenland. Furthermore, the paper discusses efforts of reunifying immigrant families, their relo
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Resettlement and Extermination of the Populations. A Syndrome of Modern History
ISBN
978-80-7286-260-3
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
539-556
Number of pages of the book
617
Publisher name
Institute of History
Place of publication
Prague
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