After Hitler, Before Stalin: Catholics, Communists, and Democrats in Slovakia, 1945–1948

Index

249 index Action Committee of the Democratic Party, 196 Action Committee of the Slovak National Front, 196 action committees, 193–97 Agrarians. See Czechoslovak Agrarians All Saints’ Day, 82 All-Slavic Days, 26, 28–29, 29–30, 150 All Souls’ Day, 82 Ambruš, Ján, 47 antistate activity: Catholic vs. state definitions of, 15; Communist accusations against DS, 96, 147–48, 154–59, 160–61, 170, 186, 199; Communist accusations regarding April Agreement, 49–50, 61–62, 65–69, 96–97, 146–47, 172, 175–76, 200. See also populism; purge of antistate elements April Agreement, 9; abrogation of, 176, 183–84; Catholic Bishops on, 48; and distribution of offices, 68, 77–78, 127, 222n137; DS dissatisfaction with, 47–48, 179; and election of 1946, 60; political price paid for, 47, 67, 74, 85, 199, 202, 203; provisions of, 45–46, 77–78; secret clause on Tiso, 89–90; selling of to Catholic voters, 48–49; signing of, 45 April Agreement, Communist response to, 47, 85; accusations of antistatism, 49–50, 61–62, 65–69, 96–97, 146–47, 172, 175–76, 200; demands for abrogation, 159; DS efforts to defend against, 50–51, 67–68; limiting of Slovak autonomy, 66 Association of Catholic Women, 101, 102 Association of Catholic Youth, 75, 211n58 Bačkor, Jozef, 34 Banderovci threat, 150, 160 Barnovský, Michal, 44, 166 Bašťovanský, Štefan, 27, 29, 105–8 Beneš, Edvard: Catholic list of grievances presented to, 22–23; and Communist coup, 192–94, 195, 197; conspiracy to assassinate, 160; KRS and, 39, 44; and minority policy, 84, 110; and purge of antistate elements, 165– 66, 179–80; on Slovak autonomy, 220n87 Beneš, Edvard, and Tiso trial: clemency decision , 86, 108–10, 114–15, 121–22, 228n120; request to Soviets to try Tiso, 87; support of Daxner, 95–96; views on appropriate sentence , 92, 95 Beran, Josef, 110, 141, 144 Bezek, Kazimír, 237n5 bishops. See Buzalka, Michal; Čársky, Jozef; Jantausch, Pavol; Kmeťko, Karol; Slovak Bishops’ Council; Škrábik, Andrej; Vojtaššák, Ján blank ballot (biele lístky) campaign, 41, 51–52, 58–59, 219n63 Board of Commissioners: bishops petition to (1946), 74–75; on Catholic holidays, 82; communist attacks on, 171–72; and Communist calls for purge, 150, 161; and Communist coup, 195–96; Communist-forced reconstitution of, 170, 172–75; composition after election of 1946, 68; history of, 3; KSS influence on, 175; public opinion on reconstitution of, 178 Bohemia, expulsion of Germans from, 3 Böhm, Emanuel, 45 Bugár, Miloš: accusations of antistatism against, 154, 155–56, 158, 159, 163; and April Agreement, 45; arrest of, 163, 236n162; on Catholic dissatisfaction with DS, 222n137; and Communist coup, 197; on DS distribution of offices, 127; DS support for, 163–64, 178, 184; KRS and, 39; response to pro-Tiso demonstrations, 103; Široký on, 62; as target of Communists, 67, 89, 148 250 Buza, Andrej, 172, 174, 189, 197 Buzalka, Michal, 22, 97, 108, 148 Čaplovič, Ján, 156 Čarnogurský, Pavol: Communist attacks on, 149; Communist connections, 24; DS wooing of, 43; as editor of Katolícke noviny, 33; KRS and, 40, 217n205; and pilgrimages, 152; on priests’ political activity, 217n11; on Soviet religious tolerance, 213n107; Tiso trial and, 224n9 Čársky, Jozef, 19, 81, 142, 180 Čas (periodical): on April Agreement, 48, 49; on Banderovci threat, 49; on blank ballot campaign, 52; on Catholic Church, 97–98, 106–7; censorship of, 128, 187; on Christianity’s similarities to Communism, 188; closing of, 196; Communist accusations and, 146, 162–63; on Communist tactics, 162, 181–82; defense of Stepinac, 79; “How Was It in Reality?” article, 128–31; Kempný in, 157; on land reform, 185–86; on Mach sentencing, 134; on pro-Tiso demonstrations, 104–5, 106–7; strike at, 64; on Tiso trial, 90, 111, 230n23; wooing of Catholics, 41–42, 55–56, 57, 185 Catholic Church: ban on political activity by priests, 34, 49, 54, 217n11; bishops’ petition of 1946, 74–75; critique of capitalism, 187–88; Czech views on, 6; defense of parochial education, 81; and February coup, 169, 176–78; goals and strategies, 201–3; and land reform, 185–86; nationalization of assets, 9– 10, 17–18, 74–75; and purge of antistate elements , 166; relations with First Czechoslovak Republic, 7; reluctance to discipline clergy, 76, 202–3; role in postwar Slovakia, xi–xii; and school law draft of 1947, 141–42, 143–44; and Slovak nationalism, 7; Slovak Republic and, 8, 16, 27–28, 72, 209n24; Slovak views on...