„ABY BYLA ZACHOVÁNA TVÁŘ SOUDRUHA GOTTWALDA“: POSTUP A PRŮBĚH BALZAMACE TĚLA KLEMENTA GOTTWALDA LUDĚK VACÍN "That the Appearance of Comrade Gottwald Be Preserved”: The Method and Process of Embalming Klement Gottwald’s Body. This study aims to establish the history and nature of the preservation work done by Soviet and Czechoslovak physicians on the corpse of Communist leader Klement Gottwald from the…
„ZODPOVÍDAJÍ ZA CELKOVOU PÉČI O BEZVADNÝ STAV TĚLA S. K.G.“: PŘEDÁNÍ BALZAMOVANÉHO TĚLA KLEMENTA GOTTWALDA ČESKOSLOVENSKÝM ODBORNÍKŮM LUDĚK VACÍN “They Are Responsible for the Overall Care for the Flawless State of Comrade KG’s Body”: The Handover of Klement Gottwald’s Embalmed Body to Czechoslovak Specialists. This paper deals with the handover of Klement Gottwald’s preserved cadaver from Soviet to Czechoslovak hands in February 1955. It…
„VYVRÁTIT VŠECHNY PANIKY DRZÉ ŠEPTANDY“: PORTRÉTY PŘÍSLUŠNÍKŮ ODBORU MINISTERSTVA VNITRA PRO OCHRANU MAUZOLEA KLEMENTA GOTTWALDA LUDĚK VACÍN “To Rebut All Fuss of Insolent Grapevine”: Portraits of the Staff of the Ministry of the Interior Division for the Protection of the Klement Gottwald Mausoleum. The paper addresses the organization and staffing of a division which was created in December 1953 within the Czechoslovak Ministry…
„ZAŘÍZENÍ, KTERÁ SE V ČSR DOSUD NIKDY NEVYRÁBĚLA“: K TECHNICKÉMU ZÁZEMÍ MAUZOLEA KLEMENTA GOTTWALDA JAN FRIŠHONS “Devices Which Have Never Been Produced in Czechoslovakia Before”: On the Technical Facilities of the Klement Gottwald Mausoleum. The present paper focuses on one of the most enigmatic aspects of a Communist mausoleum – the technical equipment necessary for the maintenance of constant conditions…
