Influencing Viennese Czechs through Czechoslovak Festivities and public Holidays (with a Focus on the Comenius School Association)
2016
Abstract
The present essays does not aim to map in detail the instituional developments within the community of the Viennese Czechs nor does it focus on its social transformation, although it makes use of this broad framework. Its primary focus is on reflections and celebrations of Czechoslovak public holidays and other important days in the Czech-Viessese milieu.
One of the central questions is to what extent Czechoslovak festivities resonanted spontaneously there, and to what extent the Czechoslovak state contributed to the motivation for these ceremonies as an indoctrination tool.