Question by Heather F: Where can I find information about the Czech Republic during the communist rule?
More specifically about the Czech children who were sent to schools and were “processed” to be uniform in mind and opinion?
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Answer by Chris S
I don’t know if this helps, I hope it does though!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia:_1948-1989
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that’s propaganda.
the school education, whatever devoted to carry on communist ideas, was far from the Soviet child hero’s story, /the guy who gave away his parents for being enemies of the Party/
all children aging six were to attend their local basic /9 grade/ schools and then select a specialisation, depending on their interests – the preferable were the worker occupations, of course.
The worst part of all this stuff was that each child carried a “log” where its parents’ origin and past loyalty to the Party was recorded. Any defectee /=emmigrant/, or traitor in the family has effectively deined any chance to get to the higher education, let alone university.
A positive thing, absent in nowadays Czech education, was a periodical WMD drill, where the schools practised evacuation and emergency procedures in case of WMD attack – we have been part of the Varsaw pact and readzing for the WW3 by that time.
A vivid part of education were the after-school activities, hidden eunder the unmbrella term SVAZARM – this included pilot training, shooting, sports activities, and even the radio-phonics, all more or less openly dedicated to the pre-draft preparation of future conscripts
feel free to ask me through email or YM, if you find this useful.