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"They brought with them a part of that Vojvodovo to Nový Přerov" (Memories of life in a newly-settled village)

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2015

Abstract

The article presents an annotated edition of the text written by Jitka Kerelová, who married a son of the Czech re-settlers from the only Czech village in Bulgaria - Vojvodovo, and moved to live with his family in a newly-settled village of Nový Přerov in South Moravia region. In her text, J.

Kerelová describes her relationship with her mother-in-law, from whom she learned a lot of ""family history"" as well as of life in (not only) Vojvodovo in Bulgaria. The text is preceded by an introduction into the (study of) history of Vojvodovo and its Czech community, continuously supplemented by explanatory notes and followed by short analysis of its content.