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The aim of the paper is to bring new perspectives related to problems of European democracy in 20th century using the case of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and 1945.The weakened position of democracy in Europe in 30.s and 40.s was influenced byimpacts oftheeconomic crisis, therise of Nazism and thewar. Thepaper compares changes of political and economic system in Czechoslovakia after the Munich agreement and in 1945. Although the country was liberated from Nazi domination, its political and economic system was characteri...

The article deals with changes of the immigration policy in Czechoslovakia before Second World War. The paper analyses the approach towards immigrants in the connection with economic and social development. The analysis will be based largely on unpublished archival sources and newspapers. This paper attempts to analyse the perception of social risks vis-a-vis changing situation of Czechoslovakia inthe context of European development. Czechoslovakia was supposed to be only a transit country offering just a temporar...