IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1556 WL 589
Held at: Wiener Library
Title: Czechoslovakia and the Soviet invasion of 1968
Date(s): 1968
Level of description: collection
Extent: c 89 frames
Name of creator(s): Walter Laqueur
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Walter Laqueur was the former director of the Wiener Library
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union, 1968 comprising leaflets, proclamations of solidarity, photographs, appeals to the public, warnings concerning 'traitors' issued by the Czech Communist Party, and a report of a confidential press conference given by Prime Minister Oldrich Cernik to the directors of the mass media.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Czech, some English
System of arrangement:
By material type
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Physical characteristics:
Microfilm
Finding aids:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Jewish Central Information Office
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2008