Family and personal memories of Luisa Perner-Zykmund, the citizen of Pilsen, as a solace for the difficult times

Bachelor's thesis "Family and personal memories of Luisa Perner-Zykmund, the citizen of Pilsen, as a solace for the difficult times" focuses the matters of Ego-Documents in conjunction with urban environments. Subject of this thesis is based on using three books of memoirs from the inheritance of the last member of the Perner family, the bell founders dynasty from Pilsen. Her memoirs focus the personal experiences of the author, her family story and events associated with the town history, accentuating the 19th century period. Chapter one of outlines the Pilsen history, focusing this period again. Chapter two then describes the lives of master bellfounders from the Perner family and the author?s own life. The third chapter of thesis can be considered as its main point. There can be found the detailed analysis of the Luisa Perner-Zykmund's books of memoirs, written probably between the years 1924 and 1946. This analysis includes their internal and external description, connecting them with other personal materials of the author. Also there is the analysis of structures and topics of Perner-Zykmund's writings. Conclusion of this thesis summarizes the importance of personal matter sources and reasons that could have led the author to writing her memoirs. Based on this, there can be found proposals for their further use primarily in research of everydayness history. Further attached there are bibliography and several appendixes including the Perners family tree, samples of handwritings from each of the books, several clearly arranged tables, maps and photographs