Polsko a Československo v roce 1968 [Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1968]

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Blažek, P. – Kamiński, L. – Vévoda, R. (eds.): Poland and Czechoslovakia, 1968. Papers from an International Scientific Conference. ICH Prague and Dokořán Publishers, Prague 2006, 361 pp.Petr Blažek – Lukasz Kamiński – Rudolf Vévoda (eds.)

Polish and Czechoslovak histories influenced each other significantly in 1968 — the Polish troops’ participation in the occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968 is just an example. Both Czech and Polish historians present here the major issues of bilateral contacts and relations and their different forms. The internationals contexts are also mentioned. Most of the papers are based on recently declassified archive documents, which demonstrate the existence of a surprisingly broad resistance in Polish society against the forcible suppression of the Prague Spring. The miscellany is primarily based on papers delivered during the conference prepared by the Polish Institute of National Memory in cooperation with the ICH and the Office for Investigation and Documentation of the Crimes of Communism in Prague upon the occasion of 25th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops.


 


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Director of the Institute for Contemporary History Oldřich Tůma starts the proceedings on 20 November. The picture further shows the participants of the first panel called “The Struggle for East-Central Europe as a Primary Cause of the Cold War?” From left to right: Michael Hopkins, Benjamin Frommer (Chair), Vít Smetana, László Borhi and Rolf Steininger.
Prime Minister Jan Fischer awarding Prof. Mark Kramer with the Karel Kramář Memorial Medal.
The Prime Minister is congratulating Thomas Blanton, the director of the National Security Archive. Further from left to right are: Prof. Alex Pravda (Oxford University), Prof. Mark Kramer (Harvard University), Prof. Vilém Prečan (Czechoslovak Documentary Centre), Prof. William Taubman (Amherst College) and Michael Dockrill – husband of Prof. Saki Dockrill who was awarded in memoriam.

International conference (19-21 November 2009) about the role played by East-Central Europe in the Cold War.

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