What to do with abandoned German graves? The case of the Czech Republic

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Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

What to do with abandoned German graves? The case of the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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 &amp; Francis Group.

Název v anglickém jazyce

What to do with abandoned German graves? The case of the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

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 &amp; Francis Group.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Mortality

ISSN

1357-6275

e-ISSN

1469-9885

Svazek periodika

30

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

1224-1240

Kód UT WoS článku

001415657500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85217172327