veľká hospodárska kríza

The present paper deals with the social context of political cabarets performed in Vienna and Budapest during the interwar period. These cabarets were staged by the Vienna-based Die Sozialistische Veranstaltungsgruppe (Socialist Event Group) (1926–1933) and Barátság (Friendship), the official speaking choir of the Hungarian Metalworkers’ Federation. Both worked in close collaboration with the Social Democratic Party, engaging in political activities like supporting election campaign. Cabarets also provided Barátság the opportunity to bring in unconventional or sensitive subjects.

The study focuses on the Great Depression era, when the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) attempted to attract new groups of voters. The study follows the Rozsevačka magazine, a party press journal for women sympathizing with the communist ideals, which paid considerable attention to the issue of austerity measures for women in the Czechoslovak civil service. The austerity measures had a big impact on the lives of women employees in the civil service, and the KSČ attempted to interest them as well as other groups of potential voters.