Bořivoj Čelovský

Boris Čelovský, actually Bořivoj Čelovský ( born September 8, 1923 in Ostrava- Heřmanice, † February 12, 2008 ) was a Czech historian and philosopher. His works dealt mostly with the Czech- German relations.

Life

After the communist takeover in 1948 in Czechoslovakia Čelovský studied at the University of Heidelberg, then emigrated to Canada, changed his name to Boris Celovsky and continued his studies at the Université de Montréal in trade Modern history continues. He wrote his dissertation on the Munich Agreement in 1938. Having finally settling in Canada, he worked at the Federal Statistical Office for the government. At the same time he worked for the counterintelligence of the government to monitor Czechoslovak spies. He later became a consultant of various Canadian politicians and designed the most liberal Canadian immigration law at that time. After the Velvet Revolution, he went back to his hometown of Ostrava and published there several of his works in the Czech language.

Čelovský died after a serious illness in his apartment. In his honor, a street was named after him.

Selected Works

  • The Munich Agreement in 1938, German publishing house, Stuttgart, 1958
  • Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Herbig, 1988, ISBN 3776615222
  • Either way, 1995 - The solution of the " Czech Question " Collected German documents from 1933 to 1945
  • Germanization and genocide. Hitler's Final Solution to the Czech question Neisse Verlag, Dresden / Brno 2005 ISBN 3934038395, ISBN 9783934038394
  • SEL jsem svou cestou ( I went my way ), Autobiography. 1996
  • Mnichovský syndrome ( The Munich Syndrome ), 1997
  • Konec Českého tisku ( The end of the Czech Press ), 2001
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