Czechoslovakia: papers from the 1968 invasion, 1968-1969.

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Czechoslovakia: papers from the 1968 invasion, 1968-1969.

Czechoslovakia: papers from the 1968 invasion, 1968-1969.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62324838

Collection, in Czech, includes items created before, during, and after the Invasion, including: materials issued by the Club of Engaged Non-Party People (KAN), the major non-Communist political group which was declared illegal and counterrrevolutionary after the invasion; manifestoes issued by the Circle of Independent Writers; broadsides and flyers created by the Czechs and by the occupation forces; "Rozhlas" a tabloid published by the Radio Communications Workers; numerous resolutions and declarations, including several issued by the town of Nymburk; bulletins; documents from the special session of the Fourteenth Congress of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (August 22, 1968); Russian-language newspapers distributed by the Czech people to Soviet and Warsaw Pact soldiers; and a parodic play "by an unknown author on August themes." In addition, there are small number of documents from early 1969, including: resolutions by trade union and factory organizations; information following the arrival of Marshal Grechko on March 31, 1969; and a speech given by František Kriegel before the Central Committee of the Czechoslaovak Communist Party on May 30, 1969.

50 items.

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