Publication details
Prověrky členů KSČ v éře stalinismu
| Title in English | The Screenings of the members of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia during Stalinists era |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Paměť a dějiny |
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| Keywords | Communist Party of Czechoslovakia; Stalinism; party screenings; purges |
| Description | More than two million people joined the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia after May 1945, so in the summer of 1948, every third adult citizen of Czechoslovakia had a party ID. However, the leadership realized that a situation in which almost anyone who was interested was accepted was contrary to Lenin's ideal of an actionable revolutionary party. Although the solution in the form of mass screenings of members (1948, 1950, 1953) slightly reduced their number, it did not lead to the desired cleansing of the party, which ruled Czechoslovakia. |