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  • Conflicts over the State Monopoly of Education in Slovakia, 1945–1948: Catholics, Communists and Democrats

  • JAMES RAMON FELAK
  • Journal:
    Contemporary European History / Volume 17 / Issue 4 / November 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 November 2008, pp. 505-522
    Print publication:
    November 2008

  • This article examines the complex relationship between Catholics, communists, and democrats in connection with the battle over the nationalisation of Slovakia's schools in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. While the Catholic Church defended parochial education, at times in ways that the state would not tolerate, the communists championed a state education monopoly, although with some tactical regard for Catholic sensibilities. The democrats used the education issue to curry favour with Catholics, a move that backfired when they were unable to deliver on the hopes that Catholics placed in their party.