Czech refugee in Great Britain: account of flight into exile
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1556 WL 755 |
Held at | : Wiener Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/ › |
Full title | : Czech refugee in Great Britain: account of flight into exile |
Date(s) | : 1939 |
Level of description | : Collection level (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 item |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The author is a former Czech civil servant who fled with his wife from Czechoslovakia to England, via Katovice, Poland in 1939.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript report, 1939, describing the experiences of a former Czech civil servant and his wife as they escape from Prague via Katovice to England. The report offers a valuable insight into the difficulties encountered by Czech émigrés in the immediate aftermath of the German occupation in 1939.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
German
System of arrangement:
N/A
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Finding aids:
Detailed description on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Jewish Central Information Office
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
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
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