Inventory of the Ferdinand Peroutka papers

Finding aid prepared by Martina Podsklanova
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Ferdinand Peroutka papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1978
Collection Number: 84052
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Czech and English
Physical Description: 16 manuscript boxes, 41 sound tape reels (10.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, writings, and printed matter, relating to postwar conditions in Czechoslovakia, the internal administration of Radio Free Europe, and Czechoslovak émigré politics.
Creator: Peroutka, Ferdinand
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ferdinand Peroutka papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1895 February 6 Born, Prague, Austro-Hungary
1919-1923 Editor, the daily Tribuna
1924-1939 Editor, the daily Lidové noviny
  Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief, the weekly Přítomnost (founded with support from President Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and with Karel Čapek and other prominent writers as regular contributors)
1925 Author, Boje o dnešek
1933-1938 Author, Budování státu, a multiple-volume monograph
1939-1945 Imprisoned, Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps
1945-1946 Member, Czechoslovak National Assembly
1945-1948 Editor, the daily Svobodné noviny
1946-1948 Editor-in-Chief, the weekly Dnešek
1947 Author, Tak nebo tak
1948 Immigrated to London, Great Britain; published in émigré periodicals throughout his career ( Hlas domova, Americké listy, České slovo, and others)
  Author, Oblak a valčík: kolektivní drama o dvanácti obrazech
1949 Author, Byl Edvard Beneš vinen?
1950 Moved to New York, USA
Circa 1950-1957 Member, Rada svobodného Československa (The Council of Free Czechoslovakia)
1950-1964 Editor-in-Chief, Radio Free Europe Czechoslovak Desk
1951-1977 Author, weekly broadcast addresses in Radio Free Europe (published as a three-volume monograph Mluví k vám Ferdinand Peroutka: rozhlasové komentáře rádia Svobodná Evropa, 2003-2006)
1955 Married Slávka Fenclová
1959 Author, Democratic Manifesto
1976 Author, Oblak a valčík: román
1978 April 20 Died, New York

Scope and Content of Collection

Contains correspondence with prominent Czechoslovak cultural and political figures in Czechoslovakia and in exile, and with American intellectual elites, as well as Peroutka's writings in exile. Also included are correspondence and internal documents of Radio Free Europe and the Council of Free Czechoslovakia (Rada svobodného Československa). Transcripts of Peroutka's radio addresses and sound recordings of Radio Free Europe programs form the final and most extensive part of the collection.

Related Materials

Ladislav Feierabend papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Michal Múdry papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Radio Free Europe broadcast records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Radio Free Europe corporate records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Jaroslav Stránský papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Josef Škvorecký papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
Journalists
Radio broadcasting -- Europe, Eastern
Czechoslovakia -- History -- 1945-1992
Czechoslovakia -- Emigration and immigration
Radio Free Europe

 

Correspondence 1935-1978, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence with prominent Czechoslovak cultural and political figures in Czechoslovakia and in exile, with American intellectual elites, letters related to Radio Free Europe and to Peroutka's writings, as well as other correspondence. Arranged alphabetically and then chronologically.
box 1, folder 1

Altschul, Frank 1951-1957

Scope and Contents note

Includes a report on the public image of Edvard Beneš in post-war Czechoslovakia
box 1, folder 1

Andrial, J. 1951

box 1, folder 1

Bachstein, Martin Karl 1970

box 1, folder 1

Bechyně, Zdeněk 1969

box 1, folder 1

Belák, [?] 1960

box 1, folder 1

Bělehrádek, Jan 1952

box 1, folder 1

Beneš, Jan 1975

box 1, folder 1

Beneš, Vojta 1950 undated

box 1, folder 1

Bernard, Vilém 1955 1965

box 1, folder 1

Bosl, Karl 1975

box 1, folder 1

Bryan, David Tennant 1959

box 1, folder 1

Bubák, Vladimír 1975

box 1, folder 1

Buber-Neumann, Margarete 1954

Scope and Contents note

Contains a letter with questions on Milena Jesenská
box 1, folder 1

Ciprisová, Hana 1974 1976

box 1, folder 1

Československý poradní sbor v západní Evropě (Czechoslovak Advisory Committee in Western Europe) 1978

box 1, folder 1

Československý zahraniční ústav v exilu 1956

Scope and Contents note

Contains a report on Peroutka's view of the Sudeten-German question
box 1, folder 1

Čížek, Alojz 1956-1957

box 1, folder 2

dos Passos, John 1959

box 1, folder 3

Dostál, A. 1972

box 1, folder 3

Drábek, Jan 1977

box 1, folder 3

Drábek, Jaroslav 1977

box 1, folder 3

Dresler, Jaroslav 1959, 1976, 1978

box 1, folder 3

Eliáš, Zdeněk 1961

box 1, folder 3

Feierabend, Ladislav 1953

box 1, folder 3

Feldstein, Petr, Student: Týdeník československého svazu mládeže 1968

box 1, folder 4

Firt, Julius 1951-1977, undated

box 1, folder 5

Fuka, Vladimír 1975

box 1, folder 5

Galantière, Lewis 1956 1959

box 1, folder 5

Griffith, William E. 1951

box 1, folder 5

Hájek, H.J., Skutečnost: Independent Review in Czech and Slovak 1953-1954

box 1, folder 5

Havel, Václav 1969

box 1, folder 5

Heidler, Alexander 1954, 1959

box 1, folder 5

Heidrich, Arnošt 1953-1968 undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes his personal recollections of World War II, including his imprisonment by the Gestapo, and a letter from his family on his passing
box 1, folder 5

Herben, Ivan 1953

box 1, folder 5

Herget, Anton 1973

box 1, folder 5

Hladík, J., Československá obec legionářská v exilu - Francie 1957

box 1, folder 5

Hlavatý, V. 1950

box 1, folder 5

Holešovský, V. 1956

box 1, folder 5

Holman, Josef A. 1976, undated

box 1, folder 6

Hostaša, Zdeněk 1969

box 1, folder 6

Hostovský, Egon 1957 1961

Scope and Contents note

Contains a report on behalf of Hostovský to John Richardson, Jr.
box 1, folder 6

Hrabík, Martin 1976

box 1, folder 6

Hrubý, Jiří 1971

box 1, folder 6

Ingr, [?] 1971

Scope and Contents note

Contains a report on a meeting with Erich von Manstein
box 1, folder 6

Jackson, C.D. 1953, 1959

box 1, folder 6

Jelínek, Ivan 1950

box 1, folder 6

Jelínek, Yeshayahu 1973

box 1, folder 6

Jelinowiczová?, Jiřina 1974-1975

box 1, folder 6

Jezdinský, Karel 1973

box 1, folder 6

Jiráková, Blanka 1973

box 1, folder 6

Jiránek, Milo 1978

box 1, folder 6

Jiránek, Miloš 1978

box 1, folder 6

Jonáš, Josef 1956

box 1, folder 7

Káča (Kateřina), United Nations 1974

box 1, folder 7

Kadavý, Ladislav 1968

box 1, folder 7

Karsten, Jan 1954

box 1, folder 7

Klátil, [?] 1959

box 1, folder 7

Klofáč, V. 1935

box 1, folder 7

Kodíček, Milan 1952

box 1, folder 7

Kohák, Miloslav 1952 1954

box 1, folder 7

Kolár, Jan M. 1954-1957

box 1, folder 7

Kolowrat, Jindřich 1972?

box 1, folder 7

Kopf, Max 1953

box 1, folder 7

Kostrba-Skalický, O. 1953

box 1, folder 7

Kovárnová, Jarmila 1952

box 1, folder 7

Koželuhová-Procházková, Helena 1951 1954

box 1, folder 7

Krizova, Marie 1974

box 1, folder 7

Krno, Ladislav G. 1956

box 1, folder 7

Kulhánek, Vladimír 1961

box 1, folder 8

Lamač, Karel 1951

box 1, folder 8

Laušman, [?] 1950

box 1, folder 8

Lederer, Jiří 1968-1969

box 1, folder 8

Lederer, Zdeněk undated

box 1, folder 8

Lehrman, Hal 1950

box 1, folder 8

Liehm, A.J. 1974

box 1, folder 8

Lorenc, Jan 1951

box 1, folder 8

Lukas, Jan 1968

box 1, folder 8

Luža, Radomír 1952

box 1, folder 8

M., M. 1968

Scope and Contents note

Contains a letter on the situation in Czechoslovakia after the Prague Spring events, and a photograph of the National Museum in Prague
box 1, folder 8

Mabey, Melvin P. 1954

box 1, folder 8

Macek, Josef 1967

box 1, folder 8

Machatka, Otakar 1953

box 1, folder 8

Machatý, Gustav 1955

box 1, folder 8

Majer, Václav 1955

box 1, folder 9

Mandlová, Adina 1965 1978 undated

box 1, folder 10

Marie, London 1954

box 1, folder 10

Masaryková, [?] 1953

box 1, folder 10

Matějka, Ladislav 1952-1957

box 1, folder 10

Matissek, Theo P. 1952

box 1, folder 10

Matzker, Karl 1954

box 1, folder 10

Milčic, Richard undated

box 1, folder 10

Mládek, Jan 1973 1978

box 1, folder 10

Múdry, Michal 1972

Scope and Contents note

Also contains letters by Jaroslav Pecháček
box 1, folder 10

Nábělek, Jan 1952

box 1, folder 10

Němec, František 1954

box 1, folder 10

Němeček, Zdeněk 1950-1957

box 1, folder 10

Neuwirth, Hans 1961

box 1, folder 10

Oberland, O.K. 1956

box 1, folder 11

Pachman, Luděk 1972-1977

Scope and Contents note

Contains a report on a conversation with Pachman, then a recent émigré, on general conditions in Czechoslovakia and on the regime's treatment of anti-government politicians after the Prague Spring
box 1, folder 11

Parrott, Cecil 1978

box 1, folder 11

Pecháček, Jaroslav 1973

box 1, folder 11

Pejskar, Josef 1956, 1959, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains a letter signed by Petr Z. [Zenkl?]
box 1, folder 11

Pelikán, Jiří 1972-1974

box 1, folder 11

Pitter, Přemysl 1965 1975

box 1, folder 11

Procházka, Adolf 1965

box 1, folder 11

Přístupa, Gustav 1953

Scope and Contents note

Also contains letters to Petr Zenkl
box 1, folder 11

Rádl, Ota and Lucie Rádlová 1951

box 1, folder 11

Ramičová, Alena 1973

box 1, folder 11

Rašín, M. 1951

box 1, folder 11

Růžičková, Svatava 1954 1956

box 1, folder 11

Schoenbaum, Emil 1951

box 1, folder 11

Schultz, Milan 1974

box 1, folder 11

Sedlák, Mirko 1956

box 1, folder 11

Seton-Watson 1958

box 1, folder 11

Slabey, Andrew P. 1972

box 1, folder 11

Sokol - Tělocvičná jednota v Paříži 1958

box 1, folder 12

Sokolová, Meda 1951-1956 undated

box 1, folder 13

Součková, Milada 1957 1972

box 1, folder 13

Sousedík, [?] 1972

box 1, folder 13

Společnost pro vědy a umění (Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences in America) 1977

box 1, folder 13

Steinbach, Karel 1971

box 1, folder 13

Stránský, Jan 1977-1978

Scope and Contents note

Includes a letter from Slávka Peroutková to Míla and Eva, and a letter from Míla
box 1, folder 14

Stránský, Jaroslav 1950-1964 undated

box 1, folder 15

Svoboda, Vladimír, Naarden Movement 1970

box 1, folder 15

Šejbalová, Jiřina 1956

box 1, folder 15

Škvor, Jiří and Pavel Javor 1956 1957

box 1, folder 16

Škvorecký, Josef and Zdena

box 1, folder 16

Škvorecká 1973-1978 undated

box 1, folder 17

Štěpán, B. 1974

box 1, folder 17

Švehla, Antonín 1975

box 1, folder 17

Švehlová-Černá, Helena 1958

box 1, folder 17

Thompson, Dorothy 1958

box 1, folder 17

Tigrid, Pavel 1956, 1977

box 1, folder 17

Toyen 1956-1958

box 1, folder 17

Urzidil, Johannes 1959

box 1, folder 17

Valenta, Jaromír 1950

box 1, folder 17

Válgiová?, Líza 1954

box 1, folder 17

Váňa, František 1969-1973

box 1, folder 17

Vedeler, Harold C. 1950

box 1, folder 17

Vilím, Blažej 1968

box 1, folder 17

Vořtenský [?], Józa 1961

box 1, folder 18

Voskovec, Jiří 1950-1965 undated

box 1, folder 19

Vrázová, Vlasta 1950 1956

box 1, folder 19

Walter, Josef 1977

box 1, folder 20

Werich, Jan 1975, 1977

box 1, folder 21

Zedwitz, J. 1952

box 1, folder 21

Zeman, Karel 1968

box 1, folder 21

Zenkl, Petr 1955-1960

box 1, folder 21

Zich, Jaroslav V., ú střední svaz československého studentstva v exilu 1954

box 1, folder 21

Žáčková-Batková, Jaromíra 1952

box 1, folder 22

Official letters from Moscow by Klement Gottwald and Zdeněk Fierlinger, typescripts 1943 December 21

box 1, folder 23

Unidentified correspondence 1971, 1976, undated

 

Writings 1946-1978, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains writings by or about Peroutka, including typescripts of his essays, plays, and other writings, reviews of his writings and related documents, newspaper clippings including caricatures of him in the Czechoslovak domestic press, interviews, and materials related to his passing in 1978. Arranged by subject.
box 1, folder 24

Writings and interviews in typescript 1946-1970, undated

box 2, folder 1

Rozhovor mezi p. Simonem, představitelem dra. Lodgmana, a p. Peroutkou and Interview of Mr. Simon, Representative of Dr. Lodgman, with Mr. Peroutka 1953 April 20

Scope and Contents note

Contains a handwritten record of the conversation on the Sudeten-German question and an English translation in typescript
box 2, folder 2

Cartoons on or caricatures of Peroutka and Radio Free Europe in the Soviet bloc press 1953

box 2, folder 3

Reviews, comments, newspaper clippings and related materials on Peroutka's book Democratic Manifesto 1959-1963, undated

box 2, folder 4

Byl Beneš vinen?, pamphlet, and its translation Was Eduard Beneš guilty?, typescript 1973 undated

box 2, folder 5

Obituaries, telegrams, newspaper clippings and related materials on Peroutka's passing 1978

box 2, folder 6

If I Were Born Again, typescript of a play undated

box 2, folder 7

Šťastlivec Sulla, typescript of a play undated

box 2, folder 8

Reviews of Peroutka's books, by Jaroslav Dresler and by an unknown author undated

box 2, folder 9-10

Boje o dnešek, photocopy of Peroutka's book published in 1925

box 2, folder 11

Tak nebo tak, photocopy of Peroutka's book published in 1947

 

Newspaper Clippings and Reports circa 1951-1978

Scope and Contents note

Contains articles by or about Peroutka and about Czechoslovak affairs in American émigré and Czechoslovak domestic press. Arranged generally in the original order.
box 3, folder 1-3

Newspapers clippings and reports circa 1951-1978

box 3, folder 4

Newspapers clippings circa 1960s

 

Rada svobodného Československa (The Council of Free Czechoslovakia) Documents 1950-1957, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, reports and other materials, also related to the Radio Free Europe.

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically.
box 3, folder 5

1950-1953

box 3, folder 6

1954

box 3, folder 7

1955

box 4, folder 1

1956-1957 and undated

 

Radio Free Europe Internal Documents 1950-1977, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains reports, correspondence and related documents on current political events in Czechoslovakia, on the affairs within the Czechoslovak desk, and on Peroutka's writings.

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically in two groups.
box 4, folder 2

Radio Free Europe documents 1950-1954

box 4, folder 3

Radio Free Europe documents 1955

box 4, folder 4

Radio Free Europe documents circa 1950s

box 4, folder 5

Radio Free Europe documents 1960-1977

box 4, folder 6

Radio Free Europe documents undated

box 4, folder 7

RFE Kostrba Affair, a folder with correspondence and reports on tensions within the RFE Czechoslovak Desk 1960-1961, undated

box 4, folder 8

The Czecho-Slovak Problem: Answer to the Memorandum of Mr. Matus Cernak entitled "The Slovaks and Radio Free Europe," undated

box 4, folder 9

The Czechoslovak Problem and the Radio Free Europe: Reply to the Memorandum Submitted by the Slovak Liberation Committee, undated

box 4, folder 10

Have Czech and Slovak Exiles Collaborated with Communism?: Second Part of the Answer to the Memorandum of the Slovak Liberation Committee, undated

 

Radio Free Europe Broadcast Transcripts 1951-1976

Scope and Contents note

Contains transcripts of Peroutka's weekly addresses, the so-called Sunday Talks or Weekly Talks, and their English translations, in typescript. Arranged chronologically.
box 5, folder 1

Odpověd Mr. C. D. Jacksonovi and its translation, Peroutka's speech: Special broadcast 1951 May 1

box 5, folder 2-13

1951 May - 1954 April

box 6, folder 1-11

1954 May - 1955 September

box 7, folder 1-10

1955 October - 1956 August

box 8, folder 1-10

1956 September - 1957 July

box 9, folder 1-10

1957 August - 1958 June

box 10, folder 1-11

1958 July - 1959 October

box 11, folder 1-9

1959 November - 1961 December

box 12, folder 1-8

1962 January - 1963 August

box 13, folder 1-10

1963 September - 1965 May

box 14, folder 1-12

1965 June - 1968 April

box 15, folder 1-14

1968 May - 1972 February

box 16, folder 1-11

1972 March - 1976 December

 

Radio Free Europe Broadcast Sound Recordings 1955-1956, undated

Scope and Contents note

Contains Peroutka's play Šťastlivec Sulla, his weekly addresses, and other Radio Free Europe programs; 41 reels, transferred to digital files in June 2010. Arranged generally in the original order.
reel 1

Ferdinand Peroutka: Šťastlivec Sulla, Part 1, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003643 (part)

Scope and Contents note

Contains an introductory commentary and the first part of a Radio Free Europe production of the play
reel 2

Ferdinand Peroutka: Šťastlivec Sulla, Part 2, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003643 (part)

Scope and Contents note

Contains the second part of a Radio Free Europe production of the play.
reel 3

Ferdinand Peroutka: Šťastlivec Sulla, Part 3, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003643 (part)

Scope and Contents note

Contains the third part of a Radio Free Europe production of the play.
reel 4

Radio Free Europe recording and report of Zdeněk Němeček's funeral services in Munich and New York, with speeches read by Julius Firt, Jan Tumlíř, Ferdinand Peroutka, Egon Hostovský, Jaroslav Drábek and Karel Steinbach, and with a reading from Němeček's writings, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003646
reel 5

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka by Kárnet (?), in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003647

Scope and Contents note

On the beginnings of his career as a writer, on the foundation of Czechoslovakia in 1918, and on other political issues
reel 6

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka by Kárnet (?), in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003649

Scope and Contents note

On the beginnings of his journalistic career, on the Rozvoj periodical, and on Russian literature and political culture
reel 7

A weekly commentary of Ferdinand Peroutka, in Czech 1955 April 30

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003651

Scope and Contents note

On the image of women in Soviet discourse
reel 8

Rozhlasový lekár radio program, in Slovak 1956 November 10

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003652 (part)

Scope and Contents note

Dr. Jozef Jakši and moderator Peter Račkovský discuss health issues
reel 8

A weekly commentary of Ferdinand Peroutka, in Czech 1956 November 10

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003652 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
reel 9

Sokolská hlídka radio program, in Czech March 17

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003653 (part)

Scope and Contents note

Commentaries by Marie Provazníková, Antonín Hřebík, Jarmila Uhlířová
reel 9

A weekly commentary of Ferdinand Peroutka, in Czech March 17

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003653 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On the decline of the economy in socialist Czechoslovakia
reel 10

A weekly commentary of Ferdinand Peroutka, in Czech April 16

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003654

Scope and Contents note

On the youth in socialist Czechoslovakia
reel 11

A weekly commentary of Ferdinand Peroutka, in Czech October 27

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003655

Scope and Contents note

On the anniversary of Czechoslovakia's foundation, Stalinism, and political culture in Poland
reel 12

An interview with Peroutka by Kárnet (?), Part 1, in Czech 1967

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003658 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czech literature and culture
reel 13

An interview with Peroutka by Kárnet (?), Part 2, in Czech 1967

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003658 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czech literature and culture, unfinished
reel 14

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka by Kárnet (?), in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003661

Scope and Contents note

On communism
reel 15

Dialogue between Peroutka and Karel Steinbach, with reminiscences of their New Year's Eve celebrations in Czechoslovakia, Part 1, unedited, in Czech circa 1971

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003662 (part)
reel 16

Dialogue between Peroutka and Karel Steinbach, with reminiscences of their New Year's Eve celebrations in Czechoslovakia, Part 2, unedited, in Czech circa 1971

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003662 (part)
reel 17

Lecture by Jaroslav Stránský about a poet František Gellner with readings from Gellner's writings, Part 1, in Czech circa 1964

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003663 (part)
reel 18

Lecture by Jaroslav Stránský about a poet František Gellner with readings from Gellner's writings, Part 2, in Czech circa 1964

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003663 (part)
reel 19

Interview with Peroutka by Z. Eliáš (?), Part 1, unedited, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003664 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak political culture
reel 20

Interview with Peroutka by Z. Eliáš (?), Part 1, unedited, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003664 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak political culture
reel 21

Interview with Peroutka by Z. Eliáš (?), Part 1, edited, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003665 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak political culture
reel 22

Interview with Peroutka by Z. Eliáš (?), Part 2, edited, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003665 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak political culture
reel 23

Interview with Peroutka by Z. Eliáš (?), Part 3, edited, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003665 (part)

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak political culture
reel 24

Radio Free Europe New Year's Eve program moderated by Jirka Planér, Part 1, in Czech circa 1971

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003671 (part)
reel 25

Radio Free Europe New Year's Eve program moderated by Jirka Planér, Part 2, in Czech circa 1971

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003671 (part)

Scope and Contents note

Contains the edited version of a dialogue between Peroutka and Karel Steinbach, with reminiscences of their New Year's Eve celebrations in Czechoslovakia
reel 26

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003672

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak and European history and politics, and on Jan Masaryk and his passing
reel 27

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003673

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak and European history and politics, and on Jan Masaryk and his passing
reel 28

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

Access

Use copy reference number: 84052_a_0003675

Scope and Contents note

On Czechoslovak and European history and politics, Czechoslovak communists and Julius Fučík
reel 29

Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Czechoslovak and European history and politics, Czechoslovak communists and Julius Fučík
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Czechoslovak communists and Klement Gottwald
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Czechoslovak communists and Klement Gottwald
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Stalin's purges in Czechoslovakia
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Stalin's purges and communism in Czechoslovakia
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Stalin's purges and communism in Czechoslovakia
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On the events surrounding the 1948 communist putsch
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On the events leading to Peroutka's emigration from Czechoslovakia in 1948 and on Vladimír Clementis
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Peroutka's political career after 1945, his decision to emigrate from Czechoslovakia in 1948, Vladimír Clementis and George Orwell
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On George Orwell and the Czechoslovak exile culture
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Fragment of an interview with Peroutka, in Czech undated

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On Peroutka's decision to emigrate from Czechoslovakia in 1948
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Funeral service for Peroutka, Part 1, in Czech and English 1978

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Commendation by a priest and speeches of Josef Škvorecký and Jiří Voskovec
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Funeral service for Peroutka, Part 2, in Czech 1978

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Speech by Karel Steinbach and the Czechoslovak anthem