Nemajetní krajané – plus pro stranu? Vliv KSČ na poválečnou reemigraci

Abstract

The paper deals with the influence of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia on the remigration to the Czechoslovak Republic after the World War II. Through archival research it seeks to verify the hypothesis that the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was using its governmental influence acquired after 1945 to hinder the return of ethnically Czech and Slovak farmers from abroad. Although the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia declared its full support for remigration, the sources suggest it feared the remigration of so-called reactionary classes such as farmers and tradesmen. In this light, the delay in the transfers of Czech and Slovak countrymen to Czechoslovakia might be interpreted as a possible “sabotage” in order to settle the vacant land in Czechoslovakia with the inland proletarians (potential communist voters) instead.