Title: Názvy ulíc a námestí v zajatí politiky. Zoznam slovenských dejateľov schválených na pomenovanie verejných priestranstiev v rokoch 1939 – 1945
Authors: Mikulášová Alena – Palárik Miroslav
DOI: 10.17846/SHN.2016.20.1.178-211
Source: Studia Historica Nitriensia, 2016, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 178-211
Abstract: During the 20th century streets and squares on the Slovak territory were repeatedly renamed. Representatives of political regimes were aware the symbolical and ideological importance of public spaces. During WWII the political regime was openly seeking patterns in Nazi Germany. Ruling Hlinka´s Slovak Peoples Party was interested in the purifying of public spaces. Representatives of previous democratic regime of Czechoslovak republic and exponents of democratic ideas became unwanted. Preferred were different historical figures. The result was list of approved personalities whose names were allowed to use while renaming streets and squares.
Keywords: Streets; Slovak republic 1939 – 1945; Public Spaces; World War II.;
Language: SLOVAK
Publication order reference: Katedra histórie, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Filozofická fakulta, Hodžova 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic, mail: amikulasova@ukf.sk, mail: mpalarik@ukf.sk