In: Historický časopis, vol. 66, no. 5
Martina Fiamová
Details:
Year, pages: 2019, 901 - 932
Language: eng
Keywords:
Land reform. Agricultural policy. Aryanization.
Document type: časopis
About article:
The subject matter of land reform and the related issue of ensuring that land
was owned by ethnic Slovaks, had already appeared in Slovakia in the time of
autonomy after 6 October 1938. Reflections about the change of land
ownership from the beginning referred not only to Jews, but also to the
land of foreigners, the land allotted within the 1st land reform, as well as
to the land of Slovaks. The prepared land reform was supposed to compensate
for the iniquities caused by the 1st land reform and return the land
back “to the hands of those who truly work on it”. Unlike the owners of
shops and enterprises, Jewish landowners did not represent a very large
class of people, but even in spite of this fact, the following Aryanization
of this Jewish land property was subject to corruption. The local and state
authorities as well as common people participated in the process of transferring
Jewish land into the hands of “Aryans”. However the Slovak government
failed in its effort to create a strong middle class of peasants who
would support Hlinka’s Slovak People’s Party.
How to cite:
ISO 690:
Fiamová, M. 2019. The preparation and course of the land reform in Slovakia, 1939–1945. In Historický časopis, vol. 66, no.5, pp. 901-932. 0018-2575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2018.66.5.5
APA:
Fiamová, M. (2019). The preparation and course of the land reform in Slovakia, 1939–1945. Historický časopis, 66(5), 901-932. 0018-2575. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31577/histcaso.2018.66.5.5
About edition:
Publisher: Historický ústav SAV
Published: 30. 3. 2019