Czechs and Belgrade 1918-1939

Mass coming of Czechs to Serbia dates back to the second half of the 19th century. The reasons were mostly economical. Developing Serbia was lack of experts in many fields and thus the Czech people were officially called for. The Czechs were coming together and were establishing Czech organizations. A big mutual migration of Czech people and Yugoslav people between Czechoslovakia and The SHS Kingdom started after the foundation of these independent countries in 1918 and was supported in all domains. A lot of Czechs settled in Belgrade. Most of them were members of Czechoslovakian community. There was also Czechoslovakian primary school and in 1928 Czechoslovakian house was ceremonially opened. Lessons were held here along with various cultural happenings. The relationships at the international cultural level were ensured by Czechoslovakian-Yugoslav and Yugoslav-Czechoslovakian leagues. The political relationship was ensured by the Little Entente. The Second World War was a sign for post-war migration of the Belgrade Czechs back to Czechoslovakia. Czechoslovakian primary school and community stopped existing. Since 1989 there were a few attempts of Czechoslovakian community revival in Belgrade by the authentic pre-war and postwar community members