Zivot a smrt generala Heliodora Piky typescript, undated

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Abstract:: Relates to the career of General Heliodor Píka, Czechoslovak army officer, and chief of the Czechoslovak military mission in the Soviet Union during World War II, who was executed in Czechoslovakia in 1949. Includes two separate drafts, one of them a photocopy, prepared by supporters of Píka. Text includes copies of indictment, portions of the trial transcript, and letters by Píka.
Extent:: 1 item (2 manuscript boxes) (0.8 Linear Feet)
Language:: Czech
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Zivot a smrt generala Heliodora Piky typescript, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: Relates to the career of General Heliodor Píka, Czechoslovak army officer, and chief of the Czechoslovak military mission in the Soviet Union during World War II, who was executed in Czechoslovakia in 1949. Includes two separate drafts, one of them a photocopy, prepared by supporters of Píka. Text includes copies of indictment, portions of the trial transcript, and letters by Píka.
Acquisition information:: Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1987.
Physical location:: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia
Civil rights -- Czechoslovakia
Political purges -- Czechoslovakia
Names:: Czechoslovakia. Armáda
Píka, Heliodor, 1897-
Places:: Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Zivot a smrt generala Heliodora Piky typescript, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

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