Jaroslav Tichý

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Státní okresní archiv Havlíčkův Brod

Scope and content:: The fonds contains personal documents of Jaroslav Tichý, his biography, documents on his professional activities as a teacher, documents on his resistance activities in World War II, correspondence, documents on social activities (museum, resistance organisations), art works, ethnographic and historical works, study materials on the resistance in the region during WW II, photographs, decorations, diplomas, and other.

Jaroslav Tichý was interested in the history of Jews in Chotěboř and its surroundings and in the fate of Jewish families during World War II. His estate includes a lot of information about the imprisonment of Jews during the war, transports - victims of the Holocaust from Chotěboř, Golčov Jeníkov, Habry and villages in the area (Dobrnice, Venice, Horní Studenec, Leština, Nasavrky, Proseč, Sázavka, Uhelní Příbram, Vilémov, and other). Some families feature prominently, for example, the Beck family from Chotěboř. The collection also includes correspondence with survivors, including their memories, and with the Jewish Museum in Prague, as well as documents regarding “mixed marriages” and their fates during the war, and restrictions on Jews in Chotěboř during the war.

Archival history:: Officially, this personal estate was transferred to the administration of the State District Archives in Havlíčkův Brod by a donation agreement dated 27 August 1997, i.e. less than a year after the originator's death. The documents were donated by his son Jaroslav Tichý.

Administrative/biographical history:: Jaroslav Tichý (1912-1996) was born in Chotěboř. He was an educator, Sokol member and cultural activist. During the war, he was a member of the illegal organisation Defence of the Nation. He was arrested and imprisoned by the Nazis in Dresden and in Pölitz concentration camp. He collaborated with the partisans and took part in the liberation fights in 1945 in the Chotěboř region. After the war he was a teacher again and a researcher in regional history, especially of World War II. He was a volunteer administrator of the Museum of National History in Chotěboř and organised the local town archives. He was a member of the Czech Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters and after 1990 in the Union of Freedom Fighters. He published his literary works in the press. Some of them were published as separate publications - Defence of the Nation in the Chotěboř Region, In Resistance and Suffering, etc. His mother was of Jewish origin.

Access points: locations:: Chotěboř; Dobrnice; Golčův Jeníkov; Habry; Horní Studenec; Leština; Nasavrky; Proseč; Sázavka; Venice

Subject terms:: Antisemitism; Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation; Antisemitism--Antisemitic measures; Art; Correspondence; Ethnography; Historical research; Holocaust; Holocaust--Deportation; Holocaust--Rescue and resistance; Holocaust--Survivors; Interfaith marriage; Museums; Personal records; Photographs; Prisoners; World War II

System of arrangement:: The fonds is divided into a part related to the life of Jaroslav Tichý and a part which was created on the basis of the work of Jaroslav Tichý. Studies on the regional history are divided into three units - the history of Chotěboř and the Chotěboř region, World War II, Nazi persecution and resistance, and the history of the Communist Party in the Chotěboř region.

Finding aids:: Tajovský, M.: TICHÝ JAROSLAV CHOTĚBOŘ 1912-1996, OSOBNÍ PÍSEMNÁ POZŮSTALOST. Inventář, 2008, ev.č. [call number] 450.