Boys from Karlín

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As the so-called boys of Karlín , in Czech "karlínští kluci", a group of communist functionaries and followers of the later party leader Klement Gottwald , who took over the leadership of the CPC in 1929 and subsequently " Stalinized " it, was called in Czechoslovakia "The Bolshevization of the CPC" went down in history.

Name and composition

Domovina culture house , in which the 5th party congress of the CPC took place

The name "Buben von Karlín" is an informal name for the group around Gottwald. It is derived from the Karlín district of Prague, where the KPTsch secretariat was located and where Gottwald worked. Originally it was used by the founder of the party Bohumír Šmeral and the older generation of the old party leadership to question the early age of Gottwald's supporters somewhat maliciously. Later, the name was general and was used to designate the functionaries who initiated and operated the Bolshevization of the party.

In addition to Gottwald, the group included Rudolf Slánský , Jan Šverma , Václav Kopecký , Jaromír Dolanský , Viliam Široký , Pavel Reiman , Bruno Köhler and others.

history

The CPC, which was only formed in 1921 through a split from the Social Democrats, retained its relative independence from the CPSU, which was met with criticism from Moscow. Gottwald, who orientated himself strongly to Stalin's person, resolved to bring the party on a line loyal to Moscow. An opportunity arose in February 1929 at the 5th party congress of the CPch, which was convened hastily and without real notice. With the help of his followers, he took over the party leadership and was elected to the Central Committee, Politburo and General Secretary. This was followed by a course of Stalinization within the party, commonly known as Bolshevization.

The Czech historian Ladislav Niklíček said of the group that they placed the decisions of the Comintern above the interests of the Czechoslovak state.

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Čtyřiadvacet sjezdů českých komunistů , article in tyden.cz, May 16, 2008, online at: tyden.cz / ...
  3. ↑ Klement Gottwald , curriculum vitae of the portal of the office of the President of the Czech Republic, online at: hrad.cz / ...
  4. ↑ Klement Gottwald , Osobnosti.cz portal, online at: panovnici.cz / ...
  5. ↑ Václav Drchal: Malý vítězný únor. Na pátém sjezdu komunistů Gottwald stranu "zbolševizoval" , Euro.cz portal, published under the patronage of Mladá fronta , March 10, 2019, online at: euro.cz / ...
  6. ↑ Komunistická strana Československa (KSČ), bolševizace KSČ , encyclopedic keyword of the Totalita.cz portal, online at: totalita.cz / ...
  7. ^ Jacques Rupnik: Dějiny Komunistické strany Československa , Praha, Academia 2003, ISBN 80-200-0957-4 , p. 65.
  8. ^ H. Gordon Skilling: Gottwald and the Bolshevization of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1929-1939) , in: Slavic Review 4/1961, online at: JSTOR 3004097
  9. ↑ Ladislav Niklíček: Ideolog a practice československého stalinismu , in: Dějiny a současnost , 3/1990, p. 46, quoted. based on: Jana Pávová: Václav Kopecký (1897-1961) - portrét komunistického politika , Rigorosum work of Charles University in Prague, online at: is.cuni.cz / ...