Chrudim region in 1945

Presented bachelor thesis is a micro-historical view into history of the Chrudim region during the last months of the Second World War. The purpose of thesis is to give the most widely view of the events and changes in the region, which hit the population. The problems in the economic area, which were the most significant, perceptibly changed everydayness of the local inhabitants. Analysis of the anti- Nazi resistance especially partisan movement, with which were connected the formation extensive anti-partisan machinery in the form of Sonderdienststelle Chrudim, is also included. The integral part of the thesis is the analysis events at the beginning of May 1945, taking power of the Revolutionary national committees, retreat of the German army and its conflicts with insurgents. Describes events are put in the broad historical context. The main sources of the thesis are the archival materials of the regional origin. Key words 1945, Chrudim region, the anti-Nazi resistance, society, microhistor