Jahrestage in Propaganda der kommunistischen Tschechoslowakei in Frankreich in den Jahren 1958–1963

Abstract

Communist Czechoslovakia was looking for opportunities for ideological action in western countries at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s. It should have the widest possible range, at the same time it had to be however so inconspicuous so that it did not prompt a negative reaction of local authorities. Purpose-built updating of selected anniversaries of historical events was an interesting tool of Czechoslovak propaganda. In the case of France, particularly events related to Germany were remembered. Actually, the aim of that propaganda was – first of all – to point out the alleged danger arising from the cooperation of western countries with the Federal Republic of Germany, which resulted for example in the Élysée Treaty in 1963.

Keywords

• Munich Agreement
• Czechoslovakia
• propaganda
• anniversary
• Lidice
• World War II