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Department of History

Address:
Kapucínské náměstí 8,
659 37, Brno
phone: +420 533 435 241 
e-mail: historicke@mzm.cz 


Head of the department:

Mgr. Jiří Mitáček, Ph.D. 
Ecclesiastic history in Czech lands in the pre-hussite period with a special regard to knight orders; curator The Memorial of the Kralice Bible. 
phone: +420 533 435 243, e-mail: jmitacek@mzm.cz  


Staff members:

  • PhDr. Jan Břečka - czechoslovak home and foreign resistance in 1939-1945
    phone: +420 533 435 240, e-mail: jbrecka@mzm.cz
  • PhDr. Zdeněk Fišer - history of the Czech lands in 1848-1945
    phone: +420 533 435 241, e-mail: zfiser@mzm.cz
  • Bc. Sekeráková Martina - documentalist, librarian
    phone: +420 533 435 241, e-mail: msekerakova@mzm.cz 
  • Vlastimil Schildberger - conservator (light shooting weapons)
    phone: +420 533 435 240, e-mail: vschildberger@mzm.cz 
  • Monika Doležalová - guide in Memorial of Kralice Bible
    phone: +420 568 643 619, e-mail: kralice.pamatnik@seznam.cz 
  • Jindřiška Pubrdlová - guide in Memorial of Kralice Bible
    e-mail: kralice.pamatnik@seznam.cz

Characteristics

  • Study and documentation of Moravian history from the 16th century to the present
  • The core of the collections consists of iconographic materials and photographs, postcards and graphic art; very valuable is the collection of mostly Czech orders and decorations. A special attention is paid to the collection of militaria, equipment of uniformed troops, police, etc. as well as to the collection of souvenirs and documents connected with WWI and WWII
  • Study and documentation of the history of Czech literature from its beginnings to the present with a special view to the territory of historical Moravia
  • History of letter-print

Fields of research:

  • Ecclesiastic history of the Lands of the Czech Crown, with special attention paid to Moravia, Jiří Mitáček
  • Research and documentation of the Czechoslovak resistance in the country and abroad in 1914-1920 and 1939-1945, Jan Břečka
  • Moravian historiography, National revival in Moravia, development of villages and small towns in the 19th century, Zdeněk Fišer
  • Czech literature from its beginning to the present, Hana Kraflová

Permanent activities:

  • Memorial of the Kralice Bible in Kralice nad Oslavou
  • Library 
  • Study of the collections on the spot
  • Others – certificates for the export of weapons and military equipment
  • Pictorial documentation – for publications, TV programmes, etc., on appointment

Specialist societies organised by the department:

  • Brno Club of Military History – World Wars I and II
 
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