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Master thesis focuses on the life story of Josef Rabas, the multiple world champion of the International six days enduro competition. Thesis uses biographical research together with oral history method to capture the storytelling of his life journey. The emphasis is placed not only on the chronological description of the person's life but also on the explanation and understanding of contextual impacts of the period in which he lived. Another followed line is the explanation of the chosen career path where we search for possible contradiction to family's tradition. Besides being the motorcycle racer, Josef is a grandson of the academic painter and renowned artist Václav Rabas and a son of Jan Rabas, a lawyer and one of the signatories of the "Dva tisíce slov" document. Therefore, we also emphasized the family's socio-political context.

Prague Spring in Collective Memory of the Members 28th Fighter-Bomber Air Regiment in Čáslav Jiří Hlaváček The aim of essay is to analyse the course and the consequences of the Prague Spring at the 28th Fighter Bomber Wing in Čáslav based on oral recollections of the direct participants of the events and their comparison with accessible contemporary sources. The research is utilizes the method of oral history, focussing on the testimonies of six members of the 28th Fighter Bomber Wing, who were dismissed from the Army during the normalization purges between 1968 and 1974. The essay is concerned with the important events of Prague Spring, covering them chronologically from January 1968 until Apríl 1969 and with reflection of these events by the formal members of the Wing. The main part of the essay focusses on a detailed description of the events taking place at Čáslav airport during the entry of the Warsaw Pact troops on the territory of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The other part is devoted to the methods of the normalization purges in the Army and their impact on the witnesses lives inclusive of theme of collective memory of this group. Key words: Czechoslovak People's Army - Prague Spring - Air Force - the normalization - rehabilitation - oral history - collective memory - biography.

Diploma thesis "The Concept of Tradition in the Context of the Theory of Reflexive Modernization" deals with the phenomenon of the tradition and its influence on the construction of the social order and the construction of individual biographies in the modern era. The thesis rests on the theory of reflexive modernization which is well- known in sociological theory thanks to Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens. The present reinterpretations of their papers quite often lead to the incorrect explanation of the current reality. Then, the reality is claimed to be detraditionalized. Using the concept of relativization I reject considering the actual state as the state without tradition. The aim of the concept of relativization, which is supported by the principle of sociological imagination, is to dispute this radical statement. The postulate of relativization is demonstrated on the example of the traditional social forms, such as nuclear family. In a wider perspective the aim of the thesis is to declare the continuing tendencies in social sciences to emphasize only the selected aspects of social reality.

This study deals with aspects of the everyday social reality of the forced community in the Terezin ghetto in 1941-1945. It is a microsociological introspection of the life of the prisoners that lived in the ghetto. It aims to define social factors that influenced the lives of people that were stigmatized, fought for their lives and lived in border-line situations. The research part of the study uses biographical method. It uses 10 recorded testimonials of survivors - former Terezin prisoners. The research was carried out by means of partly structured interviews. The questions dealt with internal and external factors that created the daily reality of this forced community. The aim was to map their subjective perception of life conditions, social ties, both negative and positive factors and further personal utterances of the narrators. The testimonies serve for better and deeper understanding of the Terezin reality. The factors that affected the community in a negative way included fear of the unknown, fear of loosing close friends and relatives, very bad life conditions that strongly affected the negative mind-set of people and loss of moral values. In contrast, the positive factors included culture and sports that were welcomed by the prisoners as they allowed them to shift aside gloomy thoughts....

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Als wichtiger Baustein einer Geschichte der Sächsischen Staatskapelle Dresden werden in der Dokumentation Namen und Wirkungsdauer der Kapellmitglieder seit ihrer Gründung zusammengetragen und mittels dreier Abrisse zu verschiedenen Aspekten der Kapelle sowie einem umfangreichen Abbildungsteil kontextualisiert.:1. Geschichtliche Abrisse 1.1. Grundriss der Kapell-Geschichte 1548–2013 1.2. TV – die Kammermusik der Sächsischen Staatskapelle (ab 1854) 1.3. OSK – Die Orchesterschule der Sächsischen Staatskapelle (1923–1937) 2. Bilddokumentation Erläuterungen 2.1. Abbildungen zu 1.1.: Frühe Kapelle, 1550c–1676 (Nr. 1–7) 2.2. Abbildungen zu 1.1.: Orchestergeschichte, 1709–2012c (Nr. 8–51) 2.3.: Abbildungen zu 1.2.: TV (Kammermusik) 1855c–2010c (Nr. 52–71) 2.4. Abbildungen zu 1.3.: OSK (Orchesterschule), 1923–1937 (Nr. 72–76) 3. Historische Namenverzeichnisse Erläuterungen 3.1. Verzeichnis I: Generalia 3.1.1. Ständige Wirkungsstätten der Kapelle 3.1.1.1. für Kirchenmusik 3.1.1.2. für Konzerte 3.1.1.3. für Opern und weitere musikbegleitete Theateraufführungen 3.1.2. Offizielle Namen der Kapelle seit 1548 3.1.3. Oberste Behörden der Kapelle seit 1548 3.1.4. Kapell-Administration seit 1548 3.1.5. Ehemalige Kapellmeister, Kirchen- und Cammer-Compositeurs, Generalmusikdirektoren, Chefdirigenten seit 1548 3.1.6. Ehemalige Vorsitzende des Tonkünstler-Vereins (TV) bzw. des Kammermusik-Beirats 1854–1994 3.2. Verzeichnis II: Instrumentisten 1548–ca. 1700 3.2.1. Gesamtverzeichnis, chronologisch nach Eintrittsjahr geordnet 3.2.2. aus 3.2.1. separiert: Organisten (für evang. Gottesdienst) bis 1709 3.2.3. aus 3.2.1. separiert: Lautenisten, Theorbisten, Harfenisten, Zitherspieler 3.2.4. aus 3.2.1. separiert: Viola-da-Gambisten 3.2.5. aus 3.2.1. separiert: Cornettisten, Schalmeibläser, Zinkenisten, Trombonisten 3.3. Verzeichnis III: Ehemalige Spieler von Orchesterinstrumenten (ab 1700c.) 3.3.1. Violinisten 3.3.2. Bratschisten 3.3.3. Violoncellisten 3.3.4. Kontrabassisten 3.3.5. Theorbisten / Lautenisten 3.3.6. Pantaleonisten 3.3.7. Harfenisten 3.3.8. Querflötisten 3.3.9. Oboisten 3.3.10. Klarinettisten 3.3.11. Fagottisten 3.3.12. Hornisten 143 3.3.13. Trompeter 3.3.14. Posaunisten 3.3.15. Tubisten 3.3.16. Paukisten / Schlagzeuger 3.3.17. Organisten (kath. Hofgottesdienste bis 1918 / Kapelldienst bis 1945) 4. Quellen- und Literaturnachweise