Temný turismus v kontextu II.sv. války na území České republiky

This bachelor’s thesis examines the issue of dark tourism and the presentation of sites associated with World War II in the Czech Republic. The aim is to identify and compare the strategies of individual institutions, and to find differences and parallels in their operations, public access, and presentation of suffering. The theoretical section focuses on establishing and defining the concept of “dark tourism” with an overlap into Holocaust tourism. In the practical section, responses from representatives of selected memorial sites—the Lidice Memorial, the Terezín Memorial, and the National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror—were analyzed using coding. Respondents provided information regarding the management of these specific sites, the presentation of suffering, visitor access and engagement, methods of promotion, and accompanying services. The aim of this work is also to dispel the myth that the term “dark tourism” carries a negative or irrelevant connotation and to present it as a recognized academic discipline.