ČESKOSLOVENSKÁ POZEMKOVÁ REFORMA NA STATCÍCH CIZINCŮ NA SLOVENSKU: PŘÍPAD BARONSKÉHO RODU VON STEIGER-MÜNSINGEN

The authors were concerned with land reform on the large Hajná Nová Ves estate, which belonged to Maria von Steiger-Münsingen, later Savioli, who had Swiss and later Italian citizenship. The aim was both to identify the main parameters of the land reform on the Hajná Nová Ves estate and compare it with the situation elsewhere, while also finding out how far the implementation of land reform was affected if a landowner could rely on support from the government of a neutral state or later the originally allied Italy. The main aim was to confirm or refute the hypothesis that thanks to foreign protection, von Steiger and her heirs were better treated during the land reform. The authors show that this did not happen, especially because of the owner’s lack of negotiating skills.