T. G. Masaryk and the Jewish Question
Author | : Miloš Pojar |
Publisher | : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2019-05-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9788024638799 |
ISBN-13 | : 8024638797 |
Rating | : 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: An English translation of a successful title by the first post-1989 Czech ambassador to Israel, Miloš Pojar. The book is a result of the author’s life-long interest in this difficult and taboo theme. Starting with the first publication of the samizdat collection, TGM and Our Present Day, Czech anti-Semitism has been newly researched in a broad context. This book presents a useful summary of Tomás Garrigue Masaryk’s stances from his writings and political activities, including a detailed description of the historic first visit of the head of the state to Palestine in 1927. The English edition contains a preface by Shlomo Avineri and a personal essay by Petr Pithart.