What to do with abandoned German graves? The case of the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13576275.2025.2456909" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13576275.2025.2456909</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2025.2456909" target="_blank" >10.1080/13576275.2025.2456909</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
What to do with abandoned German graves? The case of the Czech Republic
Original language description
There are thousands of abandoned German graves in post-communist countries. After the post-war expulsion of the German population, no one maintained them, and their devastation grew with the passing decades. Today thousands of these graves are in a very bad condition, they have no owners and the municipalities, as operators of the cemeteries, do not know what to do with them. This study examines the situation of German graves from the perspective of coming to terms with the past and the existence of the German minority in the Czech Republic and the politics of memory. It seeks to clarify what role the issue of the maintenance of German graves plays in the memory politics of the post-communist countries of Central Europe and in their bilateral reconciliation efforts with Germany, and what are the possibilities and limitations of governments and municipalities in the maintenance of German civilian graves. While the study points to the problem in the post-communist region, it focuses primarily on situation in the Czech Republic. I conducted a qualitative inquiry among representatives of Czech central government, local governments, and stakeholders, which shows a certain willingness to address the issue, but also financial limitations and the absence of guidance on how to approach the maintenance of German graves. © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Mortality
ISSN
1357-6275
e-ISSN
1469-9885
Volume of the periodical
30
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
17
Pages from-to
1224-1240
UT code for WoS article
001415657500001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85217172327