The Good Soldier Švejk

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This is a collection of links related to the theme of these pages. The links are ordered by topic.

The novel

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války	Jaroslav Šerák	Commented and illustrated. Hosted by and integrated with svejkmuseum.cz. Actively maintained. No adverts. The best on-line version of the novel by some distance.
2	Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války	Wikisource
3	Пригоди бравого вояка Швейка	Ізборник	Ukrainian
4	ПОХОЖДЕНИЯ БРАВОГО СОЛДАТА ШВЕЙКА ВО ВРЕМЯ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ	Jaroslav Šerák	Russian
5	Ярослав Гашек. Похождения бравого солдата Швейка. Части 1,2	интернет-магазин Библион	Russian, part one and two.
6	Ярослав Гашек. Похождения бравого солдата Швейка. Части 3,4	интернет-магазин Библион	Russian, part three and four.

The Soldier Švejk

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Švejk museum	Jaroslav Šerák	Outstanding and informative website on the subject of Švejk and Hašek.
2	Švejk Central	Zenny K. Sadlon	The first ever English-language web site on Švejk, online since 2000. Managed by the translator of the most recent English-language version of the novel, it contains a wealth of information and links. It is particularly strong on analytical and interpretive material.
3	Live journal by Sergey Soloukh	Сергей Солоух	Sergey Soloukh's detailed analysis of the novel. Unparalleled in its detail.
4	Literary Cartographic and Quantitative Models of Czech Novels from the 19th to 21st Century	Richard Změlík	Unique computer-based literary analysis.
5	Hasek's Heroes	Seth M. Kupferberg	Review of Cecil Parrott's translation
6	Der brave Soldat Schwejk	Wikipedia	German Wikipedia. Good, albeit with a few inaccuracies. Still the best Wiki-entry there is on Švejk.
7	The Good Soldier Švejk	Wikipedia	English Wikipedia, and rather erratic (2026).
8	The Good Soldier Švejk	Facebook	Facebook page by Zenny Sadlon, American translator of Švejk.
9	Problematika překladu Švejka do angličtiny	Zenny K. Sadlon	Valuable essay on the challenges in translation Švejk to English (in Czech).
10	The Good Soldier Švejk	peacay blog, BibloOdyssey.com	Literary blog. Good quality illustrations by Lada
11	'The Good Soldier Svejk' Jaroslav Hasek	Murr	This blogger has understood what Švejk is about.
12	The Good Soldier Švejk discussion	chrees blog, A Common Reader	Thoughtful review
13	No. 1339: The Good Soldier Švejk	John H. Lienhard	Essay
14	Michelle Woods reviews The Good Soldier Švejk (Book One)	Jacket Magazine	Thorough and critical review of Book One of the Sadlon/Joyce translation (the 1999 version). The reviewer seems to have read only the first few chapters. It should be noted that the review is based on a very early issue of the translations and that at least the PDF-version has undergone changes since. In 2026 a rewritten version of Book One was published, rendering much of Woods' review obsolete.
15	The Response	Jacket Magazine	Zenny Sadlon's detailed reply to Michelle Woods' review (see above).
16	Nationale Identität revisited - Die Tschechen und IHR Švejk im 20. Jahrhundert	Martina Winkler
17	Litteraturanmeldelsar	Boksidan.net	Book reviews from Sweden. The verdicts are mixed.
18	Haškovy Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka v italských překladech	Kryštof Holanec	Insightful thesis about the four Italian translations. Rich in detail.
19	Przygody dobrego wojaka Szwejka	Wikipedia	Polish
20	Пригоди бравого вояка Швейка	Вікіпедія	Ukrainian
21	Похождения бравого солдата Швейка	Википедия	Russian
22	Svejk, el reverso charlatán de Kafka	Abel Grau, El País	Spanish
23	Бравый солдат Швейк (фильм)	Википедия

Jaroslav Hašek

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Z Haškova života v pohledu ze Sibiře	Sylvie Richterová	Positive and insightful review of Sergey Solouk's book "Nothing Will Happen to Anyone"
2	Jaroslav Hašek slovem i obrazem	Zuzana a Eugen Brikcius	High quality poster exhibition about Jaroslav Hašek. Prague, 2023.
3	Švejk nešvejkuje	Jaroslav Novotný	Straddling the border between philosophy and literature
4	Povíkdy a humoresky	Wikisource	A collection of digitalised short stories
5	Jaroslav Hašek [1883—1923] Bibliografie	Radko Pytlík, Mirolav Laiske	Updated bibliography
6	Introduction to The Bachura Scandal, and Other Stories and Sketches	Alan Menhennet	Introduction to Menhennet's translated short stories
7	Man Is Indestructible: Legend and Legitimacy in the Worlds of Jaroslav Hašek	Abigail Weil	Insightful dissertation thesis on Jaroslav Hašek, but stained by factual issues. Harvard University, 2019.
8	Haškův „Švejk“ v němčině	Zdeněk Hartmann	Diploma work about "Švejk" in German.
9	Jaroslav Hašek (1883 - 1923)	Socialist Stories	Quite informative, but at times hilariously twisted to fit the political agenda of this website.
10	Richard Hašek: Jeden génius v rodině stačí	Havlíčkobrodský Deník	Interview with Richard Hašek
11	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia	Comprehensive Wiki-entry, with the customary errors.
12	Hašek and Švejk – Humor of the Millennium	Britské Listy	From the Lipnice conference in 2003
13	On Hašek’s The Good Soldier Švejk	Ian Johnston
14	Book: The Bad Bohemian by Sir Cecil Parrott	Matthew Dixon Cowles	Review of an English-language biography on Jaroslav Hašek.
15	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia (de)
16	Partei für gemäßigten Fortschritt in den Schranken der Gesetze	Wikipedia	Party of moderate progress within the limits of the law
17	Herr Schwejk	Kurt Tucholsky	Kurt Tucholsky's excellent review in Die Weltbühne 1926, probably the best write-up Hašek ever got. This review covers Book One. There is also a second a much shorter review on Book Two in the same collection, the same year.
18	80. Todestag von Jaroslav Hasek	Radio Praha
19	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia (sv)	Short but informative article. There are some inaccuracies, the most serious being the claim that Hašek took part in the October Revolution (7 November 1917) as a political commissioner. The fact is that he joined the Czech social democrats in March 1918 and the Red Army only later that year.
20	I fotsporene til en tapper soldat	NRK	About a trip in the footsteps of Jaroslav Hašek.
21	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia (sk)
22	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia (pl)
23	Ярослав Гашек	Вікіпедія (ua)
24	Гашек, Ярослав	Википедия (ru)
25	Литературно-мемориальный музей Ярослава Гашека	Литературно-мемориальный музей Ярослава Гашека
26	Holé zadky jsou komunismus: Jaroslav Hašek a její subverzivní humor	Martin Tománek
27	Las aventuras del buen escritor Hašek	Daniel Ordóñez, Radio Praha
28	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia (es)	This article contains a number of inaccuracies and errors (and a few typos): Hašek was dismissed from the bank not because of drink as claimed, but because he twice took unauthorised leave. The claim that Hašek went to live in the brothel U Valšů after splitting from his wife in 1912 is wrong. He stayed with various friends until getting drafted in February 1915. The author didn't enlist voluntarily as claimed. This confusion surely derives from the fact that he was a one-year volunteer, a term that can easily be misunderstood. Nonsense about his time in Russia 1917/18: Released(?), he joined the Bolsheviks and in parallell(?) got involved with the Czech Legions. More errors: Back in Prague in 1920 he started to get involved in politics, more than ever guided by his communist and nationalist ideas. After returning home he withdrew from politics altogether, started to write Švejk and returned to his former life style. The article claims that Hašek started to publish Švejk from 1920 onwards, should be 1921 onwards. It claims that the Švejk stories from before the war are lost (they are not).
29	Jaroslav Hašek	Wikipedia (cz)	Thin on biographical details, but in 2012 the article has been cleaned up and the worst errors rectified.

World War I

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Spolek Jednadevadesátníci	Spolek Jednadevadesátníci	History association of Infanteriereguiment Nr. 91
2	1914 - 2014, 100 Jahre Erster Weltkrieg	ÖStA	WW1 portal from the Austrian State Archive
3	Dokumenty v Digitální studovně Ministerstva obrany ČR	Vojenský historický ústav	Good list of links
4	Aktuálně	Velká válka	Probably the best Czech online resource regarding the war
5	Europeana 1914 -1918	Europeana	Themse site including archived material from WW1
6	Das Archiv zum 1. Weltkrieg	Stahlgewitter.com	Extensive site on WW1 with daily official reports.
7	The Soldier's Burden	Gentleman's Military Interest Club	Good English site on WW1
8	Kriegsgefangene der Mittelmächte in Russland im Ersten Weltkrieg	Georg Wurzer	Prisoners of War of the Central Powers in Russia during the First World War (thesis)
9	Das militärische Verhalten der Tschechen im Ersten Weltkrieg	Richard Lein	On Czech soldiers in WW1
10	Der Tschechoslowakische Legionär in Russland	Gabriel Župčan	The Czechoslovak Legionnaire in Russia 1914-1920 (thesis)
11	Levende historie	Tore Mentyjærvi / Nigel Downham.	Norwegian web site on WW1 history, run by collectors and history enthusiasts.
12	Východný front [1918-1920]	Valka.cz	About the Volga and Siberian fronts during the Russian Civil War
13	Zápisky z vojny od 2.8.1914 do 26.8.1919	Josef Bumba	Diary of Josef Bumba
14	Deník legionáře Josefa Holuba	Josef Holub	Diary of Josef Holub

Austria-Hungary

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Dienstbeschreibungen und Qualifikationslisten der Offiziere, 1761-1918	ÖStA/Familysearch.org	Officer service records until 1918 (incomplete)
2	List der k.u.k Kampftruppen	German Wikipedia	List of k.u.k regiments
3	Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918	Glenn Jewison and Jörg C. Steiner	Comprehensive site about the Austro-Hungarian army. Appears inactive.
4	Österreich-Ungarns bewaffnete Macht 1900 - 1914	Michael Lorenz	Excellent fact-file on the k.u.k. Heer
5	Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Armee 1914 - 1918	Karl Pollak	Excellent fact-file on the k.u.k. Heer
6	Bruck in alten Ansichten	Bruck in alten Ansichten	Old post-cards from Bruck and der Leitha and Bruckneudorf
7	Die Donaumonarchie Österreich-Ungarn in zeitgenössischen Postkarten und Texten	www.donaumonarchie.com	Period pictures, maps and historical information.
8	Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950	Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften	Excellent source for biographies.
9	Austrian Newspapers Online	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek	Scanned copies of old newspapers, amongst them Prager Tagblatt, Neue Freie Presse and Pester Lloyd
10	150 Jahre Brucker Lager/TÜPl Bruckneudorf - 1	Österreichisches Bundesheer	History of the military training ground in Bruckneudorf (Királyhida), 1867-1914.
11	150 Jahre Brucker Lager/TÜPl Bruckneudorf - 2	Österreichisches Bundesheer	History of the military training ground in Bruckneudorf (Királyhida), 1914-1955.
12	150 Jahre Brucker Lager/TÜPl Bruckneudorf - 3	Österreichisches Bundesheer	History of the military training ground in Bruckneudorf (Királyhida), 1955-present.

Media

	Title	Source	Notes
1	From Oslo to Omsk and beyond: a Norwegian in search of Švejk	Radio Praha	Interview with Jomar Hønsi
2	Jaroslav Hašek: not just The Good Soldier Švejk	Český rozhlas	Interview with Mark Corner
3	Čechoameričan Zenny Sadlon pracuje na anglickém překladu Švejka	Český rozhlas	Interview with Zenny K. Sadlon
4	Hašek a Lada byli přátelé před stolety jako dnes	Havlíčkobrodský Deník	Interview with Richard Hašek
5	TV clip from the unveiling of a Hašek monument 26 July 2008	Česká Televize
6	Kdo byl Jaroslav Hašek	Radio Praha	Who was Jaroslav Hašek? (by Vilém Faltýnek).
7	Haškologové zasedají v Lipnici nad Sázavou	Radio Praha	About the 2008 Hašek conference (by Martina Nyklová)

Geography

	Title	Source	Notes
1	A Monarchia III. katonai felmérése	ELTE Térképtudományi és Geoinformatikai Tanszék	Military Survey map of Austria-Hungary from 1910
2	Archivní mapy	Zeměměřický úřad	Historical Czech maps
3	Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego	Otwarta nauka	Dictionary of Polish geographical names, an invaluable guide to place-names in Poland and Ukraine.
4	Map Archive of Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny 1919 - 1939	Wojskowy Instytut Geograficzny	Inter-war Polish maps. Very detailed.
5	Topologie Švejkovy anabase	Jomar Hønsi	Švejk's route from Prague to the front in Galicia.
6	Jaroslav Hašek v Praze	Jaroslav Šerák / Jomar Hønsi	Places in Prague connected to Jaroslav Hašek, mostly places where he lived. Based on material from Radko Pytlík.
7	Jaroslav Hašek ve válce	Jaroslav Šerák / Jomar Hønsi	Hašeks journeys during WW1 and the Russian civil war. In Czech and English.
8	Jaroslav Hašek v Českých Budějovicích	Jomar Hønsi	Hašek's stay in České Budějovice in spring 1915.
9	Haškovy toulky	Jaroslav Šerák	Some of Hašek's travels from 1900 to 1905. Based on Radko Pytlík's "Toulavé House" and Václav Menger.
10	Dobrý voják Švejk v zajetí	Jomar Hønsi	Dobrý voják Švejk v zajetí (The Good Soldier Švejk in captivity). Published in 1917, this short novel is a less refined predecessor to the famous "Osudy".

Addresses

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Familia Austria	Österreichische Gesellschaft für Genealogie und Geschichte	Geneological research site for Austria-Hungary
2	Adresář královského hlavního města Prahy a obcí sousedních I	Městská knihovna v Praze	Address book of Prague 1907, part 1
3	Adresář královského hlavního města Prahy a obcí sousedních II	Městská knihovna v Praze	Address book of Prague 1907, part 2
4	Adresář královského hlavního města Prahy a obcí sousedních I	Městská knihovna v Praze	Address book of Prague 1910, part 1.
5	Adresář královského hlavního města Prahy a obcí sousedních II	Městská knihovna v Praze	Address book of Prague 1910, part 2.
6	Adresář královského hlavního města Prahy a obcí sousedních III	Městská knihovna v Praze	Address book of Prague 1910, part 3.

Institutions

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Památník národního písemnictví		Memorial of Czech literature, Prague
2	Vojenský Ústředný Archiv		Central War Archives, Prague
3	Österreichisces Staatsarchiv		Austrian State Archives, including Kriegsarchiv (War Archives)
4	Národní knihovna České republiky		National Library of the Czech Republic
5	Městská knihovna v Praze		Municipal Library of Prague
6	Archiv hlavního města Prahy		Prague City Archives
7	Státní oblastní archiv v Třeboni		State Regional Archives in Třeboň
8	Jihočeská vědecká knihovna		The Research Library of South Bohemia
9	Ústav pro českou literaturu		Institute of Czech Literature

Tourism

	Title	Source	Notes
1	Penzion a Hostinec U České Koruny	Hašek	This guest-house in Lipnice nad Sázavou is today managed by Hašeks descendants. Whilst living in Lipnice , 25 August 1921 to his death 3 January 1923, Hašek wrote part 2, 3 and 4 of Švejk.
2	Švejk restaurant	Švejk restaurant
3	Po Švejkových (a Haškových) stopách v Haliči	Jan Schwarz, Ikaros.	Excellent description of Švejk's route in Books Three and Four.
4	Krogen Soldaten Svejk	Svejk AB	Genuine Czech pub in Stockholm, with many interesting Czech beers on tap.
5	Švejkové Hospody	Ivan Bača	Tidy overview of pubs associated with Švejk and Hašek. Still incomplete, but a good start.
6	Szlak śladami dobrego wojaka Szwejka	Wikipedia
7	Śladami Dobrego Wojaka Szwejka	Przemyśl 24	Cycle route following Švejk in Poland and Ukraine.
8	Szwejk w Przemyślu	Przemyśl Tourist Office	About Švejk in Przemyśl.
9	У Скелівці відкрито пам'ятник бравому воякові Швейку	Добромиль.org