Village of Dobra Voda nearby Jablonec nad Nisou in 20 th Century. An Experimental Microhistorical Survey.

The introduction of the thesis includes a subchapter, which briefly mentions the history of the village before the 20th century; which is primarily researched. The thesis is further divided into three main chapters. The first of them introduces the population development of a Northbohemian village named Dobrá Voda u Jablonce nad Nisou in the 20th century. The second part examines the historical development of the village in the same period of time with considering the local history as well as the history of Czechoslovakia. This part of the thesis is always sectioned to a part concerning Dobrá Voda and to a contextual part solving bigger historical events and thein influence on the examined location. That is mostly represented by the major historical twists which set in during the 20th century. These are primarily the first world war, the establishment of Czechoslovakia, the beginning of Nazism, the second world war and the start of the communist dictatorship. To the inhabitants of the border area, where Dobrá Voda is situated, are important above all the consequences of these historical events; because they strongly influenced the destiny of local german inhabitants. The third part show to the reader the village history and history of its inhabitants through the agency of local buildings and..