{"id":53248,"date":"2019-12-03T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=53248"},"modified":"2019-12-02T11:16:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T16:16:33","slug":"czechoslovakia-the-last-bastion-of-democracy-between-2-wars-i-1935-part-1-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2019\/12\/03\/czechoslovakia-the-last-bastion-of-democracy-between-2-wars-i-1935-part-1-of-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Czechoslovakia &#8211; the Last Bastion of Democracy | BETWEEN 2 WARS I 1935 Part 1 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qkRYRHztM70\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>TimeGhost History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Dec 2019<\/p>\n<p>Czechoslovakia is holding on to democracy by a thread. It even looks like they might be able to integrate the German Czechoslovakians, but Hitler&#8217;s rise to power changes everything.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nWritten by: Francis van Berkel<br \/>\nDirected by: Spartacus Olsson and Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Bodo Rittenauer, Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Joram Appel<br \/>\nPost-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nResearch by: Francis van Berkel and Rune V\u00e6ver Hartvig<br \/>\nEdited by: Daniel Weiss and Wieke Kapteijns<br \/>\nSound design: Marek Kami\u0144ski<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From the comments:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>TimeGhost History<\/strong><br \/>\n2 days ago<br \/>\nThe year is 1935 CE. Central Europe is entirely dominated by Authoritarians and Fascists. Well not entirely! One small country of indomitable Czechs and Slovaks still holds out for democracy. And life is not easy for the German Nazis who garrison the towns and villages in Bohemia and Moravia\u2026<\/p>\n<p>One thing in this episode might go unnoticed. It is how important it is to note that the term Sudeten German has only become widespread after WWI. It shows us how the delicate balance of ethnic groups had been upset after the Great War.  <\/p>\n<p>Before 1918, these same people felt comfortable called themselves Bohemian or Moravian. On the other side of the border that now divides Czechoslovakia from Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary Czech and Slovak speakers felt comfortable calling themselves for instance Carpathian, Silesian, or Bavarian. In only 17 years this regional sense of unity has now been eradicated. It&#8217;s really easy to fall into the trap of the identity rhetoric of the time. To say that &#8220;Well, what did you expect? You forced people to be part of a country that wasn&#8217;t theirs&#8221; it&#8217;s an easy explanation for all of this conflict. <\/p>\n<p>Well as we have often pointed out it wasn&#8217;t that simple. Fanned by identity politics on all sides, the borders have become fevering soars that are spreading infection into all of Europe. It is a disease that now threatens to develop into sepsis for the whole European continent. And think of this; borders are nothing but lines on maps, things invented arbitrarily in people&#8217;s minds&#8230; isn&#8217;t it remarkable how we as a species can invent our own demise?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot_2019-12-03-Czechoslovakia-\u2013-the-Last-Bastion-of-Democracy-BETWEEN-2-WARS-I-1935-Part-1-of-4.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TimeGhost History Published 2 Dec 2019 Czechoslovakia is holding on to democracy by a thread. It even looks like they might be able to integrate the German Czechoslovakians, but Hitler&#8217;s rise to power changes everything. 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