This paper describes the changing role of biography in the context of historiographical methodology and the historian’s approach to research. The primary focus is on biographies by history scholars, though the same developmental tendency may be observed in contemporary biographies of promine...

The article deals with the pre-war and occupation fate of Pilsen industrialist and patron Otta Weissberger. It also accentuates the post-war development of his case, especially restitution and inheritance proceedings.

The article deals with the post-war securing of archive documents of the Cheb City Archives and the role of Václav Čepelák in it.

The article concerns an important event to save Mariánská Týnice near Kralovice and the role of Hanuš Zapal in it. He deals with this issue in its entirety and emphasizes the circumstances of the liquidation of the association after 1948.

The article deals with the population transformation of the city of Pilsen in the years of the Great War. It highlights in particular the issues of city transformation, population growth and the problems caused by this growth.