Svátek práce v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava / Labour day in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia

Abstract

This study deals with celebrations of Labour Day in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Despite the fact that public celebrations of 1 May were forbidden in the Protectorate, it remained a public holiday and attracted a significant media coverage. This study examines the aspects of regulations and laws and their implementation in practice and analyses the way in which Labour Day was re-defined during the Protectorate era, focusing on ways of orchestration of the festive day, including continuity with the preceding models and patterns.

Keywords

• Festivity
• Labour Day
• Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
• 1939–1945