Jews in the Czech Lands in Year One: In the Jewish Community, in the State and Among Neighbours. A Return to the First Republic of Czechoslovakia?
Journal: AREI
Year: 2024

After the Second World War, the fraction of the Jewish population in the Czech lands that survived the Shoah coped with this tragedy in various ways. This text addresses the main minority strategies: emigration (primarily to Palestine/State of Israel), engagement with the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, unconditional assimilation into the Czech nation (intentional departure from Judaism), the reconstruction of Jewish religious communities and Jewish life in general, and seeking solace in fait