Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands

After the end of World War II Czechoslovakia was faced with the task of punishing its Nazi collaborators. Besides sentencing traitors by the special people’s courts, Czech journalists themselves also started the cleansing among their own ranks. The cleansing committee of the Czech Journalists’ Union...

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Main Author: Jan Cebe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2017-09-01
Series:Media and Communication
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1027
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description After the end of World War II Czechoslovakia was faced with the task of punishing its Nazi collaborators. Besides sentencing traitors by the special people’s courts, Czech journalists themselves also started the cleansing among their own ranks. The cleansing committee of the Czech Journalists’ Union investigated some 400 journalists and imposed some sort of penalties on more than 200 people. The article also presents a brief a comparison with the situation in France and the Netherlands. The cleansing among Czech journalists was very rigorous, even in comparison to other European countries. In contrast to Western countries, and due to the subsequent political developments, the journalists punished were often prohibited from resuming their profession.
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spelling doaj.art-65c340478b314e47ab1898382c50943d2022-12-22T00:52:30ZengCogitatioMedia and Communication2183-24392017-09-0153707810.17645/mac.v5i3.1027574Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the NetherlandsJan Cebe0Department of Media Studies, Charles University, Czech RepublicAfter the end of World War II Czechoslovakia was faced with the task of punishing its Nazi collaborators. Besides sentencing traitors by the special people’s courts, Czech journalists themselves also started the cleansing among their own ranks. The cleansing committee of the Czech Journalists’ Union investigated some 400 journalists and imposed some sort of penalties on more than 200 people. The article also presents a brief a comparison with the situation in France and the Netherlands. The cleansing among Czech journalists was very rigorous, even in comparison to other European countries. In contrast to Western countries, and due to the subsequent political developments, the journalists punished were often prohibited from resuming their profession.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1027cleansingcollaborationCzechiaFrancejournalistsmediaNetherlandsWWII
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Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands
Media and Communication
cleansing
collaboration
Czechia
France
journalists
media
Netherlands
WWII
title Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands
title_full Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands
title_fullStr Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands
title_short Cleansing among Czech Journalists after World War II and a Comparison with the Situation in France and the Netherlands
title_sort cleansing among czech journalists after world war ii and a comparison with the situation in france and the netherlands
topic cleansing
collaboration
Czechia
France
journalists
media
Netherlands
WWII
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