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Maffia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the Czech secret political organisation. For the organised crime syndicate, see Mafia.
"The Maffia" redirects here. For the backing band of musician Mark Stewart, see Mark Stewart (English musician).

Maffia
Maffie
LeadersTomáš Garrigue Masaryk
Edvard Beneš
Karel Kramář
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Dates of operation1914–1918
HeadquartersParis
Active regions Bohemia
 Moravia
 Silesia
 Hungary
 Poland
Ideologyindependence, espionage, subversion, separatism
Sizeover 200 members
AlliesAllied Powers
Czechoslovak National Council
Czechoslovak Legion
OpponentsCentral Powers
 Austria-Hungary

Maffia (Maffie or Mafie in Czech) was a secret organization acting during World War I. It was founded after the emigration of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in 1914 by Czech politician Edvard Beneš, who later became the second president of Czechoslovakia, and other mainly anti-royalists (Karel Kramář, Alois Rašín, Josef Scheiner and Přemysl Šámal).

Maffia was based on the principles of the Sicilian Mafia (name "Maffia"); it was a central part of the First Czechoslovak Resistance and its main objective was to overthrow the Emperor of Austria and to cause the disintegration of his country. The Maffia plot against Austria-Hungary and the Central Powers was uncovered by the police in 1915; some members of Maffia (Karel Kramář, Alois Rašín, Vincent Červinka and Josef Zamazal) were arrested and sentenced to death (they were later amnestied by emperor Charles I.); Edvard Beneš escaped from Austria-Hungary to Switzerland on 3 September 1915,[1] but the subversive activities of Maffia continued, under the leadership of Přemysl Šámal, until the end of the First World War. Maffia had over 200 members and was supported from abroad (US, Italy etc.).

References

  1. ^ Preclík, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (Masaryk and legions), váz. kniha, 219 pages., vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karviná, Czechia) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk Democratic Movement, Prague), 2019, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3, pages 10 - 44, 101-102, 124–125, 128, 129, 132, 140–148, 168- 169, 184–190.


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