Leopold Berchtold - an aristocrat in exile (1918-1930)

Annotation Bachelor{\crq}s thesis Leopold Berchtold {--} an aristocrat in exile (1918-1930) dissertates about the personality of the former Austro-Hungarian Foreign Office{\crq}s minister, grand Chamberlain of the last Austro-Hungarian emperor and uncrowned Czech king Charles I., and the important member of the imperial court in Vienna. In the example of count Berchtold the aim of the work was to demonstrate the deal of exile nobility, which was forced to be adapted to new demands and trends of the society in the transformation of social systems and its climate as well. After the year of 1918 it was divided into three parts. One part was formed by the aristocracy engaged in the interests of the monarchy against the newly creating low-born social tops of succession states in the transformation of the social system. The second one was decided to keep its estates in newly established republican systems accommodating and getting rid of the noble essence. The last part of the nobility, according to the new legislation of succession states, was not guilty as a matter of form, though was not able to conciliate with the republican government and left Czechoslovakia voluntarily. Leopold Berchtold ranged into the first class of ``enemies of Czechoslovakia{\crqq} on the basis of the Act of abolishing the nobility n. 61. Sb., from 10. December 1918, finally confirmed in § 9 of the Act of seizing n. 215/1919 Sb., was forced to go into exile and the sequestration was imposed on his property. He spent the whole following period 1918 - 1945 first in Switzerland and after receiving an exit permit he was travelling around Europe. During his ``Ulysses{\crq} pilgrimage{\crqq}, as he noted, he strove narrowly to reach for the cancellation of the restraint for his individual and to get Czechoslovakian citizenship together with its passport. Considering to the extensive resources base {--} correspondence with the oldest son Alois, saved in MZA Brno {--} this thesis charted the life of the count since the year of 1918 until 1930