Working Brigades, Hops Harvests and Hops Production in Czechoslovakia in 1945–1970

Abstract

This article is an introduction of hops harvest working brigade phenomena. In Czechoslovakia there were thousands and thousands of youth who every year worked in hop-gardens. In the paper we can found an answer to question why and how the Czechoslovakian authorities organized such a complicated business. This topic is also focused on several questions about Czech hops production in history.