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This thesis deals with the fate of the confiscated monuments nationalized by presidential decrees (no. 12/1945 and No. 108/1945) in 1945 within the Liberec region. The first part analyzes the wider cultural and historical milieu of the region, especially phenomena related to the expulsion of Germans and the issue of postwar confiscation generally. It focuses on the actual effect of the decrees issued by President Benes and also on the process of the establishment of state institutions for administration of confiscated property. The following part of the work is dedicated to the system of national administration of confiscated property of high artistic value (especially objects which belonged to displaced families). This part of the thesis is based primarily on preserved documents of the state organizations operating with the confiscated property after World War II, such as the National Cultural Commission (stemming from the so called Reinsurance Commission), or the State Heritage Institute. These sources include various directives, transfer protocols, correspondence, etc. Overall, the aim of the thesis is to provide a detailed analysis of the process of systematical gathering and administration of a property seized from displaced persons in a particular region in Bohemia. Keywords Liberec Region,...

The introduction to the bachelor's thesis "Zdeněk Wirth and the influence of his work on keeping record of the monuments" is dedicated to the figure of Zdeněk Wirth as a historian of art and one of the founders of the state cultural heritage management in Bohemia. Zdeněk Wirth was active not only in the technical-scientific way but also in the way of organization, including directing the system of the cultural heritage management on the central level. Shaping of his future interests is indicated, mapping the extensive work with the emphasis on the thought of the cultural heritage listing. The thesis is not focused only on his person, but tries to bring the most complex view on the environment and the era of the first half of the 20th century from the point of view of the cultural heritage management. By that is indicated the context for the following cardinal part of the work, which is dedicated to the evaluation of the cultural heritage listings` influence on the creating of cultural heritage records according to the law. It's structured to affect as much possible aspects of the information intersection as it can, from the first cultural heritage listings trough the state registers(stipulated by the act no.22/1958) up to the origin of the central culture heritage register(established by the act...