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First published: December 1, 2024 - Last updated: December 1, 2024
TITLE INFORMATION
Author: Jaromír Mrňka
Title: Silent shadows in the rebirth of Czech nation
Subtitle: Unveiling the role of rape and sexual violence in the ethnic cleansing of post-WWII Czech lands
Journal: Nations and Nationalism: Journal of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism
Volume: (Published online before print)
Issue:
Year: 2024 (Received: February 5, 2024, Revised: July 18, 2024, Accepted: September 17 2024, Published online: October 21, 2024)
Pages: 19 pages (PDF)
pISSN: 1354-5078 -
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eISSN: 1469-8129 -
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Language: English
Keywords:
Modern History:
20th Century |
European History:
Czech History,
German History,
Russian History |
Types:
Wartime Sexual Violence /
Second World War
FULL TEXT
Link:
Wiley Library Online (Free Access)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Author:
Jaromír Mrňka,
Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau, Außenstelle Prag (German Historical Institute Warsaw, Prague Branch) -
Academia.edu,
ORCID
Abstract:
»The article explores the harrowing use of sexual violence as a tool in the ethnic cleansing of Germans in post-World War II Czechoslovakia. By examining the grim realities of internment camps, prisons, and border regions, it reveals a disturbing pattern of abuse aimed primarily at German women by Czech men. This violence was not isolated but integral to the broader project of national cleansing, laying bare the patriarchal foundations of Czechoslovak society. State policies, including the differential treatment of mixed marriages, reinforced a male-dominated ethos. By stripping Germans of their citizenship and legal protections, Czech authorities fostered a climate of impunity, allowing a wave of sexual violence to persist through the ‘German transfers’. The article sheds light on this dark chapter, exposing how rape was used to reaffirm Czech men's dominance in the nation's postwar rebirth.«
(Source: Nations and Nationalism)
Contents:
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1 | Introduction (p. 2) |
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2 | Collective and Sexual Violence (p. 2) |
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3 | The End of the War and the Beginning of Rape against German Women (p. 4) |
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4 | ‘They Cut Out Hair Off in the Rudest Way’: Violent Rituals and Sexual Violence after the Liberation of Prague (p. 7) |
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5 | ‘You Imagined the Worst, and It is from the Truth’: Sexual Violence as well as Individual and Gang Rape in Internment Facilities (p. 9) |
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6 | ‘You German Beast!’ Sexual Violence and Rape at the Border during the Occupation, Explusion and Forced Displacement (p. 12) |
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7 | Conclusion: Sexual Violene as a Tool of Ethnic Cleansing and Enforcement of the Patriarchal Order (p. 14) |
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Acknowledgements (p. 15) |
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References (p. 17) |
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History of Europe:
History of the Czech lands /
Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945) |
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History of the Germany /
Nazi Germany |
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History of Russia /
History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953) |
Sex and the law:
Wartime sexual violence /
Wartime sexual violence in World War II |
War:
World War II /
Soviet war crimes
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