MHM Forum

In the period between two World Wars Czechoslovakia was one of the best developed states in Europe. However, in the 60s  the West was far ahead of it in the terms of market and economics. There were many ways looked for how to retain the lost time in the 50s. Many Checoslovakian politicians, what is important- the members of the communistic party thought that it was necessary to introduce important changes.They thought that the continuation of the market- model typical of 40s and 50s was not longer adequate. In this context we should also look for the reasons for the so called Prague- Spring- the idea of changing the system take away from the elite of the party, market and political sphere.
A very interesting idea was the coneption which appeared in the Slovakian aparatus of the party and safety, which meant the idea of federation not with the Czechs, but with Poland, despite the fact that this point of view was rather marginal.
In the turn of the crisis of Czechoslovakia the Polish first secretary of the communistic party w. Gomulka- who was the communist from the ideological deep point of view was afraid that through that crisis all the system could collapse.He considered that if Czechoslovakia would loosen its bounds with the Sovit Union, then it would be quickly (as Poland in 1939) would besurrounded by Germany from the South and the West. These considerations illustrate Gomulka's motivation.