Antonín Klimek

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Antonín Klimek (born January 18, 1937 in Prague ; † January 3, 2005 there ) was a Czech modern historian , archivist and non-fiction author . With Jan Kuklík (1940–2009) and Jan Kuklík (* 1967) he is one of the most important modern historians in the Czech Republic.

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He was a nephew of Adolf and Julius Klimek , who were born in Nemile near Mährisch Schönberg (then Austria-Hungary ). Antonín Klimek enrolled at Charles University in Prague and started on the Philosophical Faculty of the study of history , which he had completed in the 1960th From 1960–1990 he was employed as an archivist in the archives of the Škoda concern in Prague and then since 1991 as an archivist in the military archive of the armed forces of the Czech Republic . He succeeded in doing research at the Institute for Marxism-Leninism in Prague and the files a. a. to read about Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš .

His first work on diplomacy in Europe and the foreign policy of Czechoslovakia was published in 1989, followed by publications on the formation (October 28, 1918) and modern history (1918–1938) of Czechoslovakia and biographies on Radola Gajda , Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Beneš. In his last monograph , which appeared in Prague in 2003, he described the causal connection between the rise of Adolf Hitler's party (January 30, 1933) and the annexation of Czechoslovakia (October 1, 1938) to the German Reich .

Antonín Klimek lived with his family in Prague- Vinohrady - it was not until October 8, 2007 that he was posthumously made an honorary citizen of Prague.

Works

  • Diplomacie na křižovatce Evropy , Prague 1989.
    • Translation Dirk Köster: Diplomacy at the crossroads. Foreign policy of Czechoslovakia 1918–1938 . Orbis press agency, Prague 1989.
  • Jak se dělal mír roku 1919 (How did the peace come about in 1919). Melantrich, Prague 1989.
  • Vznik Československa 1918 (The Origin of Czechoslovakia 1918), Prague 1994.
  • with Eduard Kubů: Československá zahraniční politika 1918–1938 (Czechoslovak foreign policy 1918–1938), Prague 1995.
  • with Petr Hofman: Vítěz, který prohrál, generál Radola Gajda (A winner who lost, General Radola Gajda), Prague 1995.
  • Boj o Hrad (The Battle for the Castle):
    • Volume I: Hrad a Pětka 1918–1926, Panevropa, Prague 1996.
    • Volume II: Kdo po Masarykovi ?, 1926–1935, Panevropa, Prague 1998.
  • with Zbyněk Zeman: Zrození státníka Edvarda Beneše 1884–1948 (The life of Edvard Beneš 1884–1948), Melantrich, Prague 1992.
    • also: The life of Edvard Benes 1884–1948. Czechoslovakia in pace and war , Oxford University New York, New York 1997.
  • Říjen 1918. Vznik Československa (October 1918. The creation of Czechoslovakia), Prague 1998.
  • with Petr Hofman et al .: Svět okřídleného šípu. Koncern Škoda, Plzeň 1918–1945 , Paseka, Prague 1999.
  • Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české - díl XIII (1918–1929) (Great History of the Countries of the Czech Crown, Volume 13), Prague 2001.
  • Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české - díl XIV (1929–1938) (Great History of the Countries of the Czech Crown, Volume 14), Prague 2002.
  • Vítejte v prvni republice (Welcome to the First Republic), Havran, Prague 2003, ISBN 80-86515-33-8 .
  • January 30, 1933: Nástup Hitlera k moci. Začátek konce Československa (January 30, 1933: Hitler's seizure of power. The beginning of the end of Czechoslovakia), Havran, Prague 2003.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Borough of Praque. Ph.Dr. Antonin Klimek Csc. (No longer available online.) June 16, 2010, archived from the original on July 11, 2013 ; Retrieved July 25, 2013 .
  2. ↑ ipac.bka.gv.at (PDF)
personal data
SURNAME Klimek, Antonín
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech modern historian, archivist and non-fiction author
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 2005
Place of death Prague