JIRI WEIL AND HIS BRAVE STRUGGLE FOR SUSTAINING OF ARTISTIC TRUTH AND HUMANITY IN THE MIDDLE OF NAZI AND STALINIST DICTATORSHIP

The study deals with the personality and the work of Jiří Weil, the writer, whose Jewish roots and enthusiastic admiration for the Soviet Russia significantly marked his life before the war, the occupation in Protectorate, and also after the war. In the background of two criminal totalitarian regimes there are analysed inspirational streams and influences that shaped the creative groundswell of novels – Moscow – Border, Life with a Star and Mendelssohn is on the Roof. Among others wider attention is given to a brief description of the development of the Weil´s artistic methods and comparison of different points of view of the contemporary and present literary criticism on the listed works. The conclusion provides brief assessment of Weil's literary and ethical benefit of Czech literature of the twentieth century.