50. GODIŠNJICA PRAŠKOG PROLJEĆA

Facebook-stranica “Courage – Povezivanje zbirki” skrenula je pozornost da je na današnji dan, 5. siječnja 1968. reformist Alexander Dubček postao sekretar Komunističke partije Čehoslovačke, što se uzima kao početak Praškog proljeća, koje 2018. godine slavi 50. godišnjicu.

 

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Courage-Povezivanje zbirki

 

 

50. GODIŠNJICA PRAŠKOG PROLJEĆA

 

 

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Danas se navršava 50 godina od početka Praškog proljeća jer je na današnji dan slovački reformist Alexander Dubček postao glavni tajnik Komunističke partije Čehoslovačke. Na njegovu politiku političke i ekonomske liberalizacije SSSR je odgovorio vojnom intervencijom u kolovozu iste godine.

 

 

Zašto je Praško proljeće jedan od ključnih događaja u povijesti zemalja Istočnog bloka saznajte klikom na poveznicu!

 

 

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European Network Remembrance and Solidarity

 

 

50th Anniversary of the Prague Spring

 

 

On 5 January 1968 Alexander Dubček became the Secretary of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia. This marked the beginning of a new era – however short-lived – in Czechoslovak politics.

 

 

In early 1968, Czechoslovakia was witnessing a process of liberalisation under the leadership of Alexander Dubček. As the newly appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party, Dubček tried to establish ‘socialism with a human face’ by launching a series of far-reaching reforms. This brief period of time became known as the Prague Spring and it ended with the joint military invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union and several other Warsaw Pact states.

 

The opportunity for crucial change in Czechoslovakia came on 5 January 1968, when Slovak Alexander Dubček replaced the hardline Czech communist Antonin Novotný as the First Secretary of the Communist Party. Dubček was aware of the growing popular discontent in the country and acknowledged the necessity for change, albeit with the Communist Party as the main driving force behind these changes. Following Dubček’s appointment, demands for reforms increased. Several pressure groups emerged within the Czechoslovak society, encompassing a series of demands, such as the rehabilitation of the previous purge victims, the abolition of censorship, economic decentralisation and the exclusion of the Communist Party from other areas outside of politics.

 

The first few months under Dubček’s leadership did indeed bring about notable changes. Reformers gradually replaced supporters of Novotný in the state apparatus and the leading bodies of the party. Censorship became more relaxed and the national press started to attack the previous government by publishing stories of corruption concerning Novotný and other officials who were close to him.

 

 

See more at:

 

http://enrs.eu/pl/news/1792-50th-anniversary-of-the-prague-spring