„Konsolidácia pomerov“ v Technickom učilišti v Liptovskom Mikuláši v rokoch 1968 – 1971

„Consolidation” of Situation at the Technical Secondary School in Liptovský Mikuláš (1968 — 1970)

Autor: TULKISOVÁ Jana

TULKISOVÁ, Jana: „Konsolidácia pomerov“ v Technickom učilišti v Liptovskom Mikuláši v rokoch 1968

– 1971

TULKISOVÁ, Jana: „Consolidation” of Situation at the Technical Secondary School in Liptovský Mikuláš

(1968 — 1970).

Vojenská história, 2, 17, 2013, pp. 50-74.

The study deals with development at the Technical Secondary School in Liptovský Mikuláš after

invasion of the troops of the five Warsaw Pact countries in Czechoslovakia of August 1968. In the

study, the author states that several, especially younger members of the school reacted positively to

the political development in Czechoslovakia in the period ofso called Prague Spring. However, this

was interrupted by the military intervention of the Warsaw Pact on August 21%, 1968, perceived by

them as infringement of state sovereignty. In spite of the fact that in early November of 1968, the

opponents ofAugust invasion comprised the majority of the Technical school members, there were a

few, especially older members of the Communist Party, who did not denounce the intervention.

After the November General Assembly of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of

Czechoslovakia in 1968, the power of reformist communists started to decline, followed by gradual

prevalence of the new normalisation direction of the Communist Party, lead by G. Husák. The

subsequent internal political development in Czechoslovakia, characterized by elimination of

democratization elements was also reflected in the situation at the Technical School. In the study,

the author accentuates mapping of the so called normalization process under the school conditions

with particular regard to enforcement of the new Communist Party leadership political line at the

individual departments of the school and gradual removal (liquidation) of the “Prague Spring”

democratization elements. Some of the information provided in the entry has a broader, all-army

dimension.

Keywords: Military History. Slovakia. Schools. Liptovský Mikuláš. 1968 — 1970.

Ročník: 17 | Číslo: 2/2013 | Stránky: 50-74