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proving his guilt. Much of the nationalist press began to portray the murder as a ritual killing in order to create anti-Semitic feeling throughout the country. Masaryk believed he should defend
Hilsner so that he could demonstrate his own personal beliefs. His defense led Emperor Francis Joseph to change Hilsner’s sentence from execution to lifelong imprisonment. After Masaryk led to the lessening of Hilsner’s sentence, many Czech nationalists denounced Masaryk’s choice to defend Hilsner and his belief that ethics applied to both nationalism and personal behavior. Masaryk became more critical of both the Young Czechs and the Old Czechs which led to his break from them. Masaryk collaborated with Karel Kramář and a few others in creating the Czech Realist Party which relatively soon after its creation merged with members of the Radical Progressive Party. The party became known as the Radical Progressive Party in 1905 but its members were still viewed as realists.
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Czechoslovakia. The Young Czech Party, which eventually merged with the
Realist Party, was founded in 1848 and as such it was founded on nationalist ideologies, which continued through in the Realist Party. This nationalist attitude is demonstrated through the movement for a unified Czech and Slovakian state. However, Masaryk has also been accused of showing slight totalitarian leanings, as he believed that one interpretation of history and vision of the future should be imposed.
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became a focal point of controversy in Czech history in 1899 and 1900, and this affair ultimately led to
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Tomáš Masaryk was a key figure in the creation of the Czech
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