Jiří Suk and Historian Martin Groman – A Debate

Jiří Suk, a historian and political scientist, has brought out a new volume of Velké dějiny zemí Koruny české (The Great History of the Czech Crown Lands), in which he maps the years 1956–1967; this has been described as a “period of thaw” and saw gradual destalinization in the Soviet Union and its satellites. The book’s political, economic and cultural history is accompanied by explorations of everyday life under socialism, from assessments of living standards to housing, work, and health to the intimate zone of the family and religious belief. The author of the book Kriegel: Voják a lékař komunismu (Kriegel: Soldier and Doctor of Communism), journalist Martin Groman, will discuss the book, and how the new edition of The Great History came about, with Suk.