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Czechoslovak-Liechtenstein relations in the shadow of the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948

HORČIČKA, Václav

Basic information

Original name

Czechoslovak-Liechtenstein relations in the shadow of the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia, February 1948

Authors

HORČIČKA, Václav

Edition

European Review of History/Revue Europeenne d'Histoire, 2012, 1350-7486

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

History

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

Organization

Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského Praha s.r.o. – Repository

UT WoS

000307927600006

Keywords in English

Czechoslovak-Liechtenstein relations; confiscation of the princely property; Czechoslovakia 1945-1948

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Changed: 15/12/2016 12:41, Václav Horčička

Abstract

V originále

When in 1945 the Czechoslovak authorities confiscated the estate of the Princes von und zu Liechtenstein, the two countries became involved in a dispute which had not been resolved until recently, at least on a diplomatic level. For several decades, the 1948 Communist coup d'etat in Czechoslovakia dashed the hopes of the Liechtenstein family for a restitution of their confiscated assets. However, officials responsible internally admitted that the property confiscation had been questionable in the case of the Liechtenstein family. The court had not confirmed the confiscation until after the Communist coup. However, the Liechtenstein family did not renounce their claims, and after the collapse of the Communist regime in 1989 they brought them up again.