A true revolutionary hero. Jan Hus as a pioneer of the Czechoslovak Communist dictatorsh

Abstract

paper addresses the instrumentalization of Jan Hus communist propaganda after the Communist dictatorship to power in 1948. The figure of medieval actor John Huss became a tool of justification communist efforts in the mid-20th century.

Keywords

• John Huss
• Communist dictatorship
• revolutionary hero
• Communist ideology
• annual celebration