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Karel Škrábek Papers

Period (1911-) 1916-2002
Total size 5.75 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in the neighbourhood of Plzen 1919, died 2002; started studying law, then sociology, philosophy and forensic medicine, at the University of Prague in 1939, until its closure on November 17; active member of the student society Vyšehrad and one of the organizers of the student demonstrations of November 1939; escaped deportation to Sachsenhausen, active in the resistance; after the Second World War he started building a collection of books and other documents on modern history, in particular the Weimar Republic, Soviet Union, COMINTERN, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Komunistická Strana Československa KSČ) and later the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War; between 1945 and 1948 he took part in the student debates against communist cells; lectured at the so-called Workers' Academy which was linked to the Social Democratic Party; after the communist coup in 1948 excluded from the philosophical faculty; became active in the social democratic resistance against the communist regime; threatened by arrest he fled Czechoslovakia and lived in France and the United States; after his return in 1961 he was imprisoned for anti-socialist activities abroad; released in 1966, he had to earn his living as a manual labourer and was kept under strict surveillance; chairman of the Confederation of Political Prisoners of the Czech Republic (Konfederace Politických Vězňů České Republiky KPV) founded in 1968; in touch with members of Charta 77, but did not sign to protect his collections.

Content

Correspondence; personal documents; typescripts; documents concerning the Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká Strana Sociálně Demokratická ČSSD); the Confederation of Political Prisoners of the Czech Republic (Konfederace Politických Vězňů České Republiky KPV, formerly K-231), rehabilitation cases, cases concerning restitution of confiscated land; photocopies of Naše Cesta, edited by Škrábek (under the pen name Karel Sova) and other young social democrats in exile; documents collected by Škrábek concerning the Spanish Civil War, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), notebooks with extracts by J.J. Šmíd and others, the Third Resistance, The Prague Spring, Jaroslav Hošek and Jan Slavík; press clippings concerning the political development in Czechoslovakia after November 1989; leaflets, clippings, photocopies and photos of articles and other documentation (1911-) 1916-2002.

Arrangement

Books and periodicals collected by Škrábek are transferred to the library of the IISH; posters, photographs and some other visual materials are transferred tot the Sound and Vision Department; the content of the boxes No.115 and 120 are kept in the original order.

Processing information

Inventory made by Hank Geerts and Marja Musson in 2006

INVENTORY

GENERAL

1-32

Correspondence. 1921, 1959-1999. 32 folders.

1: Arquer, Jordi (Institut d’Historia Dels Moviments d’Emancipacio Nacional i Social - IHMENS). 1967-1973, 1975.
NB. With 2 letters from Škrábek.
Bayerlein, Bernhard. 1999 and n.d.
Bednarik, Jan.1995.
Bird, Leonard.1979, 1981 and n.d.
Broué, Pierre.1960, 1968-1969.
Buchhandlung Dialog, Frankfurt am Main.1991.
Buchhandlung "Jungbrunnen", Vienna. 1968-1969.
NB. With a note to Dr. Luza and with one letter from Škrábek.
Busina, Emil.1966-1968.

2: Carroll, Jane (Amnesty International). 1974-1995
Československá Sociální Demokracie, Archiv.1992
Český Deník.1993.

3: Colodny, Robert G. 1960, 1968-1979.
Děkan Právnické Fakulty Univerzity Karlovy, Prague.1990.
Dvořák, Ludvík.1967-1973
Dvořáková, Irena.1974.
Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris.1991.

4-5: Erlebach, Miroslav.1967-1981.

6: Florová, Jiřina.1991.
Frank Cass Publishers, Ilford.1996.
NB. With a letter from Škrábek.
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bonn.1989.
Goicoechea, Cesáreo (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid).1960.
Grebeníčková, R.1990.
Hammersmith Bookshop, London. 1966-1968.
NB. With invoices and two letters from Škrábek.
Hébert, Laurier (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Société Radio-Canada).1968-1978.
Herz, Hanka.1975-1977, 1994.
NB. With one letter from Škrábek.

7: Hladík, Jiří.1967-1968.
Hladíková, Hana.(1963 ?), 1968-1969, 1974-1975.
NB. With one letter from Škrábek.
Holub, W. 1989.
Horák, Jiří (ČSSD).1992.
NB. With one letter from Škrábek.
Institut pro Středoevropskou Kulturu a Politiku. 1994.
Jakoubek, R.1959-1960, 1967-1969.
NB. Including two letters from Yetta Jakoubek.

8: Jílek, B.N.d.
Jirka and Maruš. N.d.
NB. Postcard from Uzbekistan.
Jo-anny, Odette. 1990.
Jonáš, Josef.1966-1967, 1992.
Kameník, J.1969.
Kašpar, M.F.1993.
NB. With minutes of a meeting of the ÚV Čs. obce legionárské.
Kohout, J. 1989-1990.
Korda,V. 1966-1968.
Krekulová, Anna. 1991.

9: Kružík, František (Vojenský historický ústav).1968-1978, 1993-1995.
Kudláček, Josef. 1993.
Kudrna, Jaroslav.1989-1990.
Kulturní Zařízení Prestice. 1999.

10: Kýbl, Jaroslav.1990-1995.

11: Laird, Bruce (Amnesty International).1966-1991.
NB. With some letters from Škrábek and some letters from Laird to Marie Škrábková.

12: Lát, Emanuel.1995-1996.
Lidová Demokracie.1991.
Lom, J.K.1974-1985.
Lomková, Eva.1995.
Lumley, Anna B.H. (Amnesty International).1965.

13-20: Luza, Radomir V.1965-1995.
NB. With some letters from Škrábek and some photocopies of letter from Andreas Maislinger to Luza.

21: Macháček, Rudolf.1994.
Malý, L.1989.
Marvin, Albin. 1991-1993.
Nedbálek, Břetislav.1989.
NB.Including two texts on the founding of the new party of social democrats.
Německová, Anna (niece of J. Růžička).1974.
Nezávislá vyšetřovací komise (Independent Research Center, Prague).1990
NB. Letter from Škrábek.
Nováčková.1976.
Opat, Jaroslav.1988-1989.
Pacner, Karel (Mladá Fronta Dnes).1993-1996
Palkovská, Emilie.1968.
Palkovská, Milena.1969.
Palkovský, Vladimír1966, 1968.
NB. With one letter to Hošek.
Pánek, Mirka.1974-1976.

22: Parízek, Franz.1966-1967.
NB. With one letter from Škrábek.
Pastor Mateos, Enrique. 1960.
Pearson, Drewry (Amnesty International).1968-1969.

23: Pečinka, Bohumil.1993.
Pejskar, Josef.1991.
Peřina, Jaroslav.1974.
Piller, Jan.1989-1990, 1993
Pospíšil, Jaroslav.1993.
Possev-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main.1991.

24: Profouš, Jaroslav.1973-1978, 1980-1985.
Regionální Muzeum v Kolíně.1989.
Respublika (Republic - The Russian State Inform-publishing Centre), Moscow.1992.
Rohan, Milada.1989-1991.

25-28: Růžička, Jindra. 1959-1974, 1985.
NB. With memories on the Spanish Civil War and survey by the mother of Škrábek concerning this correspondence.

29: Sabaton, Henri.1981-1982.
Schottl, Stanislav.1994.
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zürich.1991.
Seferovič, Mirek.1994.
Sethukavaler, Rosemary.1978-1991.

30: Smolka, Jan. 1963.
NB. Letter to Anna Kejmarová, sister of Škrábek.
Smrčková, Jaroslava.1971.
NB. Relative of Radovan Smrček.
Sochor, Lubomír.1979-1985.
Staněk, Václav.1974-1975.
Státní Oblastní Archiv v Plzni.1999.
Steiner, George (Amnesty International).1981 and n.d.
Ströbinger, R. (Lidová Demokracie) 1966, 1990-1991.
Studentské Listy.1991.

31: Šikola, Čestmír.1994.
Štern, Jan (Honza).1974-1975, 1980-1981, 1996.
Švehla, Frank. 1982.
NB. Letter from Škrábek to him.
Tichý, František.1976, 1980, 1990.
Tuček, Mirek. 1988-1989, 1994 and n.d.
Tusař, Vlastimil. 1921.
NB. Addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Machaty) in Prague.
Urban, Joža.1976.
Ústav Marxismu-Leninismu ÚV KSČ.1980, 1989.
Ústav pro soudobé dějiny ČSAV.1992.

32: Vach, Milan.N.d
Vavřík, Jan (Jenda).1975-1976, 1978.
Viboch, Pavel (Paul).1967, 1975.
Vlach, Miloš (Mila).1968-1969, 1974-1977.
Vlachová, J. 1977.
Výber.1994.
Zbavitel, Gustav.1974, 1976.

33: Other correspondence. 1960, 1969, 1989, 1991-1992 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. With some visit cards and unknown correspondence.

34: Addresses and overview of correspondence. n.d. 1 folder.

PERSONAL

35: Programm and list of candidates of the Československá Strana Lidová for regional elections. 1946. 1 folder.
NB. On the backside of the list a handwritten note to Mrs. Škrábková asking her to send her (the sender) the conscription form (?) of Karel .

36: Photocopy of an order by the local authorities of Horní Lukavice addressed to the mother of Škrábek, Marie Škrábková, ordering her to leave her house because of the activities of her son, her daughter and her nephew. 1952, 1989. 1 folder.
NB. With a separate note in German by Škrábek with an explanation.

37: Certificate of health insurance for Josef Škrábek and bearings on the case of Jaroslav Škrábek. 1953-1955. 1 folder.

38: Letter from Škrábek to his sister Anna Kejmarová concerning books he sent her and a note from the Post Office Prague on the confiscation of this foreign printed matters. 1958. 1 folder.

39: Documents concerning his arrest, imprisonment in the Leopoldov Prison and his rehabilitation. 1961, 1966, 1968, 1992-1993. 1 folder.
NB. With an article by Škrábek on this period, published in the Swiss newspaper Volksrecht, 18 May 1968.

40: Membership payments to the Confederation of Political Prisoners of the Czech Republik (Konfederace Politických Vězňů České Republiky KPV). 1990-1994. 1 folder.

41: Documents concerning subscriptions of Škrábek to various periodicals. 1990-1996. 1 folder.

42: Time table for trains in the region of Plzen. 1997. 1 folder.

PUBLIC LIFE

Authorship

43: Written notes by Škrábek on the trial of Slánský. 1952. 1 folder.

44: Photocopies of the magazine Naše Cesta (Our Road). 1952-1955. 1 folder.
NB. Škrábek was editor (under the pseudonym Karel Sova) of this magazine. With separate note by Škrábek on the history of this magazine.

45: Typescripts by Škrábek. 1990-1991 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. With 'Repression von Sozialdemokraten in Westböhmen' (1990) and 'Čeka-KGB v zahraničí, kapitoly teroru '(1991).

46: Newspapers with articles by Škrábek. 1992-1995 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. With articles from others on Ramon Mercader (or Jacques Mornard).

47: Documents concerning the magazine Národní Osvobození. 1994-1996. 1 folder.
NB. Škrábek was editor of the magazine?

48: Typescripts by Škrábek and typescripts by others (?) on his life. 1991 and n.d. 1 folder.

49: Interviews with Škrábek, published in newspapers and text of an interview with him by Vera Ebels-Dolanová. 1991, 1993. 1 folder.
NB. With Dutch translation of the interview by Vera Ebels-Dolanová.

50: Articles in newspapers on Škrábek. 1991, 1993. 1 folder.

Czech Social Democratic Party (Česká Strana Sociálně Demokratická ČSSD)

51: Statutes, rules and principles of the Československá Sociální Demokracie in exile (Basil). Photocopies. 1983-1984. 1 folder.

52: Documents of the Československá Sociální Demokracie so called 'renewal congress' in 1990. 1990. 1 folder.

53: Meetings and other documents concerning the ČSSD. 1990-1996, 1999. 1 folder.

54: Documents of the ČSSD congress in 1993. 1991-1993. 1 folder.

55: Documents of the Historical Committee (Komise Historiků ÚVV-ČSSD). 1990-1991. 1 folder.

56: Documents of the Political Committee (ÚVV-ČSSD). 1991-1992. 1 folder.

57: Documents of the Committee of Resistance (Odbojová Komise PÚVV-ČSSD). 1999-2000. 1 folder.

58: Documents of the Klub Sociálníě Demokratické Politiky. 1990-1991. 1 folder.
NB. Incl. some issues of KLUB (Asociace Sociálních Demokratů).

59: Leaflets and pamphlets for the municipal elections (Prague and Plzen) in 1998. 1998. 1 folder.

60-61: Documents of the Plzen branch of the ČSSD. 1989-2002 and n.d. 2 folders.
NB. With a form of the Společnost Lud'ka Pika (SLP), signed by Škrábek and a document concerning the Asociace Sociálních Demokratů (ASD), Plzen.

62: Documents of the Club of Seniors of the ČSSD (Klub Seniórů ČSSD). 1992, 1994-1998. 1 folder.
NB. Incl. the Plzen branch.

63: Press clippings concerning the ČSSD. 1991-1993. 1 folder.

Confederation of Political Prisoners of the Czech Republik (Konfederace Politických Vězňů České Republiky KPV)

NB. Before 1993 called Confederation of Political Prisoners Czechoslovakia (KPVČ ), succesor of K-231.

Organization

64: Documents concerning K-231. 1968-1970, 1990-1995 1 folder.
NB. K-231 founded in spring 1968, named after the law 231/1948 on the protection of the People's Democratic Republic; banned in August 1968. With notes by Škrábek and with leaflets from the Milada Horáková Foundation (Klub Dr. Milady Horákové v Praze).

65-67

Notes on meetings of the executive committee (předsednictvo) and the advisory committee (rada). With separate notes by Škrábek. 1992-1997, 1999. 3 folders.

65: 1992-1993.

66: 1994-1995.

67: 1996-1997, 1999.

68-71

Documents of the Agricultural Committee (Zemědělská Komise KPV) concerning land problems and restitution of land to former owners. 1950, 1991-1996 and n.d. 4 folders.

68: Minutes of meetings. 1992-1995.

69-71: Correspondence, notes and other documents.1950, 1991-1996 and n.d.

72-76

Correspondence, notes and other documents. 1990-2000 and n.d. 5 folders.

72: 1990-1991 and n.d.
NB. With text of a hymne by Jindra Hartl ,1949.

73: 1992.
NB. With the text of an interview held by the members of the KPVČ with Václav Havel.

74: 1993.

75: 1994-1996.

76: 1997-2000.

77-83

Documents concerning the Plzen branch of the KPV. 1990-2001. 7 folders.

77: Minutes of meetings. 1996-2001.

78-79: Correspondence, notes and other documents. 1990-1998 and n.d.

80: Coordination commission KPV - PČR SZČ (Policie České Republiky Správa Západočeskeho).1995-2001.

81: Občanská Iniciativa - Občanské Komise (OI-OK) PČR (Policie České Republiky) (Civil Initiative - Civil Committee, Plzen region). 1991-1996.
NB. With letters from Antonín Husník, member of this committee and member of the KPV.

82: Documents concerning the police organization in Plzen and list of policemen and officials of the State Security Service (Státní Bezpečnost, StB) who resigned or did not resign after 1989. With notes by Škrábek.1989 and 1991. 1 folder.

83: Newsletter of the KPV-Plzen branch. 1995-2000.

Activities for victims of the political repression

84: Documents concerning the State Security Service (Státní Bezpečnost, StB) and access to their archives. 1992-1994. 1 folder.
NB. With written notes by Škrábek.

85: Documents concerning the case of Stanislav Broj. 1950. 1 folder.
NB. With his last letter, written in 1950 and a letter from his brother.

86-89

Bohumil Laušman. 1953-1995 and n.d. 4 folders.

86-87: Documents concerning his arrest, death and other documents.1953-1995.

88: One typescript by Laušman and two by Škrábek.c.1994 and n.d.

89: Notes on Laušman by Škrábek. 1992-1994 and n.d.

90-93: Documents concerning the case of Viliam Žingor and a group of activists around him (i.e. Theodor Baláž and Anton Rašla). 1948-1954, 1964-1967, 1996. 4 folders.
NB. Inv.nos. 90 and 91 contain a survey to numbered files made by Škrábek in 1996.

94: Documents concerning the case of Josef Jirout. 1954 and 1968. 1 folder.

95: Documents concerning the case of František Sutnar. 1960, 1963 and 1978. 1 folder.

96: Documents concerning the case of Žítek. 1968, 1995-1996. 1 folder.

97: Documents concerning the case of Ludvík Beránek and Anna Beránková. 1950, 1993-1996. 1 folder.

98: Documents concerning the case of Jaroslav Hanuš. 1995. 1 folder.

99: Documents concerning the cases of Antonín Remeš, F. Hatina, J. Průcha and F. Palán. 1954, 1968. 1 folder.

100: Documents concerning the cases of A. Kavka, V. Chaloupek, F. Procák, and E. Pilčík. 1949-1951 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. With separate notes by Škrábek.

101: Documents concerning the cases of V. Erban, N. Křížová, Josef Kabát, Emanuel Lát and Josef Vicen. 1945-1969, 1993 and n.d. 1 folder.

102-104: Documents concerning other victims of the repression. 1948-1996. 3 folders.
NB. With notes by Škrábek, incl. notes of an interview with Jaroslav Flemr. Documents on i.e. V. Clementis, Petra Buzková, Josef Wagner, Jirka Kovár. V. Vajda and Benda.

105: Documents concerning sentenced social democratic politicians in West Bohemia. 1954-1969, 1995. 1 folder.

106: Documents concerning cases on land problems and restitutions. 1948, 1994-1995. 1 folder.

COLLECTING ACTIVITIES

General

107: Written and typed notes mentioning the subjects and persons of the press clippings Škrábek collected. 1978-1990, 1995 and n.d. 1 folder.

Spanish Civil War

108: Typescripts of lists with names of participants in the Spanish Civil War and handwritten notes by Škrábek concerning interviews held with Czech and Slovak volunteers. 1967-1968 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. One list is made by Jakoubek, one by L. Dvořák.

109-114: Handwritten notes by Škrábek concerning his research on the Spanish Civil War. N.d. 6 folders.

115: Photos of publications, leaflets, letters, memories of participants of the international brigades. 1936-1945. 1 box.
NB. Collected by Škrábek or Jaroslav Hošek. Memories possibly written for contest of the Union of Antifascist Fighters (Svaz Protifašistických Bojovníků ). See also Nos.116-117 and Nos.121-122.

116-126

Documents from Jaroslav Hošek 1936-1937, 1961-1962, 1970-1973 and n.d. 9 folders and 2 boxes.

116-117: Typescript of 'Ne kovadlina, kladivo!' 1961-1962. 2 boxes.
NB. Missing pages replaced by photos of these pages. Memories of Hošek on the Spanish Civil War. Text was sent to the Union of Antifascist Fighters (Svaz Protifašistických Bojovníků (SPB), which organized a contest. With correspondence between Hošek and this organization. See also Nos.115, 121-122.

118: Handwritten answers by Hošek to a questionnaire, addressed to Franišek Kružík.1970.

119: Photocopy of handwritten text by Hošek on the Czech field lazaret 'Jan Amos Komensky' and some other documents concerning the Spanish Civil War. 1973 and n.d.

120: Alphabetical card catalogue with names of Czech volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.N.d. 1 box.
NB. On the shoe-box is written ''Hošek kartoteka interbrigadistů'. With a handwritten note by Škrábek.

121-122: Photos of typescripts with memories of Franstišek Drda, Stefan Habánek, Lambert Maurer, Rudolf Šimáček, Karel Vilánek, Ladislav Weis and one unknown person on the Spanish Civil War. N.d.
NB. Memories possibly written for contest of the Union of Antifascist Fighters (Svaz Protifašistických Bojovníků ). See also Nos. 115 and Nos.116-117.

123-126: Photos of maps concerning the changes of the various fronts in Spain during the Spanish Civil War.1936-1937.

127-133

Documents from Karel Fukan. 1976-1988, 1995. 7 folders.
NB. Combatant in Spanish Civil War, later arrested by the Nazis and prisoner in several concentration camps. After the Second World War active in the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia but in the fifties excluded from this party.

127-129: Notes, typescripts and manuscripts of articles written by Fukan (under his pseudonym' fh' for Hlas Revoluce.1987-1988.

130: Handwritten and typed memoirs of Fukan.n.d.
NB. With note by Škrábek.

131: Handwritten notes concerning the Gottwaldov Battalion. N.d.
NB. With typescript Krise nervů by Jack Marten.

132: Songs concerning the Spanish Civil War. N.d.

133: Correspondence of Fukan and other typescripts and manuscripts. 1976-1981, 1995 and n.d.
NB. With separate handwritten notes by Škrábek, 1995. He wrote that Fukan gave his material to František Kružík, who gave it on his return to Škrábek.

134: Typescript 'Španělsko v srdci (Část třetí)' by Petr Horský. N.d. 1 folder.

135: Documents from Jan Krejčí. 1961 and 1989. 1 folder.

136: Handwritten memoires and correspondence from J. Růžička. 1972 and n.d. 1 folder.

137: Press clippings of articles written by Ladislav Holdoš and handwritten notes by Škrábek. 1964-1968, 1974. 1 folder.
NB. With Škrábek's notes for an interview with Holdoš .

138: A card of thanks addressed to Sdružení Československých Interbrigadistů and signed by Ludvík Svoboda and a handwritten note on some events during the Spanish Civil War. 1968 and n.d. 1 folder.

139: Documents concerning international brigades of other countries in the Spanish Civil War. 1937-1993. 1 folder.
NB. Incl. correspondence with Hans Landauer.

140: Photocopies of articles on the Spanish Civil War. 1996-1997 1 folder.
NB. Incl. typescript of a press release by Karel Pacner.

141-147: Photographs of articles from various newspapers and periodicals concerning the Spanish Civil War. c.1937-c.1939. 7 folders.

148-149: Photographs of articles, testimonies and other publications on the Spanish Civil War. 1936-1941, 1968, 1977. 2 folders.
NB. With a written note by Škrábek and a list of post-war literature on the international brigades by František Kružík.

150-153: Press clippings concerning the Spanish Civil War. 1957-1995. 4 folders.
NB. Mostly from Czech newspapers. Some with separate notes by Škrábek.

154: Press clippings concerning Arthur London. 1969-1970. 1 folder.
NB. Active in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. With separate notes by Škrábek.

155: Papers on the Spanish Civil War presented at the 22th conference of the Historiker der Arbeiterbewegung (ITH) in Linz, 9-13 September 1986. 1986.

Komunistická Strana Československa (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia)

156-157: Documents of the KSČ and one copy of Májový List KSČ. 1938-1988. 2 folders.
NB. On p.12 of the magazine an article by J. Hošek on the Spanish Civil War.

158: Publications of the KSČ, region of West Bohemia. 1980-1981. 1 folder.

159: Carbon paper copy of the last speech by František Kriegl at the meeting of the Central Committee of the KSČ on 20th of May 1969. [1969?] 1 folder.

160: Press clippings concerning the KSČ. 1967-1968. 1 folder.

Third Resistance

NB. The Third Resistance was the resistance against the oppression of the communist regime.

161-166

Correspondence and other documents concerning Vlastislav Chalupa. 1950-1996. 6 folders.
NB. Chalupa (1919- ) worked for the State Security Service (Státní Bezpečnost ,StB), and infiltrated in Czechoslovak exile groups in France and the USA.

161: Correspondence, notes and other documents.1966, 1991-1995.
NB. With letters from Z. Kessler, R. Luza and Chalupa.

162: Documents sent by Jiří Málek to Škrábek including his report ' JUDr. Vlastislav Chalupa, agent StB.'1995-1996.

163-165: Fotocopies of documents from the files of the secret police.1950-1957 and 1983.

166: Press clippings and articles on Chalupa. 1991-1995.

167: Typescripts and other documents concerning repression and infiltration by the Communist regime. 1951-1952, 1991-1994. 1 folder.
NB. Contains also documents on Agent Bob (Felix Uhl). With handwritten notes by Škrábek.

168: Photocopies of poems, possible written in labour camp Vojna. 1956. 1 folder.
NB. With a note by Škrábek concerning the provenance of these poems.

169: Photocopy of a typescript concerning the structure and organization of the State Security Service (Státní Bezpečnost ,StB) by Batelka. c.1968. 1 folder.

170: Photocopies of articles concerning general Heliodor Pík. 1969, 1990 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. H. Pík was head of the Czechoslovak military mission in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. After 1948 accused of espionage.

171: Lists of names of people who were active in the Third Resistance, arrested informants, informants who were active abroad, and list of names of people who illegally tried to cross the border. 1991, 1993, 1995 and n.d. 1 folder.
NB. With two handwritten notes and a note by Škrábek indicating the last list was probably collected by Hošek.

172: Press clippings and articles concerning the repression by the Communist regime. 1992-1995. 1 folder.
NB. With typed note by Škrábek.

173: Press clippings, photocopies of articles and some other documents concerning prisons (i.e. Leopoldov), labour camps and the Third Resistance in Czechoslovakia. 1967-1969, 1988-1995. 1 folder.

174-175: Press clippings concerning the dissident movement , Charta 77 and political repression in the seventies and eighties. 1969-1971, 1977, 1990-1991. 2 folders.

176: Press clippings concerning the Czechoslovak Intelligence Organization (CIO), State Security Service (Státní Bezpečnost, StB) and espionage (also in the USSR and the USA). 1964-1999. 1 folder.
NB. With a written note by Škrábek.

The Prague Spring (Pražské jaro)1968

177: Text by Ota Šik concerning the economical situation in Czechoslovakia 1968. 1 folder.

178-180

Press clippings from Czech (and some French and English) newspapers concerning the Prague Spring from the first months until the intervention of the Warsaw Pact forces in August. 1968. 3 folders.
NB. With some separate notes by Škrábek. Also clippings concerning K-231.

178: January-April.

179: May-June.

180: July-August.

181-186

Press clippings from Czech (and some Slovak) newspapers concerning the political situation after the intervention of the Warsaw Pact forces and the first months of the 'normalization' under Gustáv Husák. 1968-1969. 6 folders.

181: September-December 1968.

182: January-February 1969.

183: March-May 1969.

184: June-August 1969.

185: September-October 1969.

186: November 1969.

187-188: Press clippings concerning rehabiliation cases. 1968-1970. 2 folders.
NB. I.e. on František Kriegl and on Jan Masaryk.

189: Special editions of periodicals. August 1968. 1 folder.
NB. Květy, LL Literární Listy, Mladý Svět, Reportér, Svět v Obrazech, Signál, Vlasta, Student.

190: Leaflets and other documents with warnings and calls to protest against the intervention. August 1968. 1 folder.

191: Documents concerning the Club of Politically Active Non-Communists (Klub Angažovaných Nestraníků, KAN). 1968. 1 folder.
NB. Draft statutes and press clipping with text of their manifest.

192: Typescript by Přemysl Janýr and press clippings concerning the social democrats in 1968. 1968 and c.1993 1 folder.

193: Typescript on Jan Palach by Eva Kantůrková. 1969. 1 folder.

194: Documents concerning the Association for Human Rights (Společnost Pro Lidská Práva). 1968-1969.

195: Other pamphlets and articles concerning the Prague Spring. 1968-1969. 1 folder.

196: Press clippings concerning the Prague Spring. 1990-1992. 1 folder.

Jan Slavík

NB. Jan Slavík (1885-1978), historian, arrested in 1948.

197: Photocopy of Slavík's publication Pekař contra Masaryk. 1929. 1 folder.

198: Photocopies of articles by Slavík for the bulletin Slovanský Přehled and written notes by Škrábek on these articles. 1936-1938 and n.d. 1 folder.

199: Photocopy of typescript of 'Cesty Bolševismu a Dalši Osudy Slovanstva' ('The ways of Bolshevism and other predestinations of the Slovanic People'). 1937 and 1971. 1 folder.
NB. With a document written by Slavík to the Czech Writers Union and a photocopy of a typescript, probably by Slavík.

200-204

Photocopies of articles by Slavík. 1931-1947, 1992 and n.d. 5 folders.
NB. Mostly articles written for Sobota, Svobodný Zítřek, Přítomnost and Dnešek
With notes by Škrábek.

200: 1931-1933.

201: 1935-1936.

202: 1937-1938.

203: 1946-1947.

204: 1992 and n.d.

205: Written notes by Škrábek on Slavík, some letters to him concerning Slavík and some photocopies of articles. 1937-1992. 1 folder.
NB. With one letter from Honza Š. (Jan Štern) and three versions of a typescript by Skrábek on Jan Slavík.

206: Photocopies of articles on Slavík. 1937-1938, 1946, 1990-1998. 1 folder.

207: Written accusation by the head of the regional police in Prague and typescript of ' Tragika Ruské Revoluce' ('The Tragedy of the Russian Revolution'). 1950. 1 folder.

208: Typescript of 'Když minulo let padesát. Příhody a nehody historikovy v letech 1902-1950' ('After 50 years. On the lives of historians from 1902-1952'). 1952. 1 folder.

209: Typescripts of songs (?) and poems by Warjah Nebudimírovič. 1930 (?), 1959, 1969-1970. 1 folder.
NB. Warjah Nebudimírovič possible pseudonym of Slavík.

DOCUMENTATION

222-223: Photocopies of articles and press clippings concerning the Second World War and the resistance against the Nazis. 1949, 1965-1969, 1980-1982, 1995. 2 folders.

224: Press clippings and photocopies of articles concerning the political situation during the first years after the Second World War in Czechoslovakia. 1947, 1971. 1 folder.
NB. With one copy of Tribuna, with an article on Augustin Šram, victim of the first political murder after February 1948.

225: Maps. 1940, 1944, 1955 and n.d. 1 folder.

226: Leaflet, articles and press clippings concerning Jan Masaryk and his father Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. With some notes by Škrábek. 1937, 1947, 1975, 1988-1998. 1 folder.

227: Press clippings on Edvard Beneš and some documents of the Společnost Edvarda Beneše (Edvard Beneš Foundation). 1938, 1990-1998. 1 folder.

228: Publications on the legislation on contraspionage, rehabilitation, ownership and compensation. 1978, 1990-1991 and 1997. 1 folder.

229: Press clippings on the CIA, Watergate, the murder of John Kennedy and the suicide of the Jim Jones clan USA. 1977-1982 1 folder.

230: Press clippings on Brezhnev, Gromyko, the events in 1989 and rehabilation in the USSR. 1978-1994 1 folder.

231-235

Press clippings and some leaflets concerning the Velvet Revolution and the first years after the Velvet Revolution. 1989-1995. 5 folders.

231: 1989-1990.

232: 1991.

233: 1992.

234: 1993.

235: 1994-1995.

236: Press clippings from American and British newspapers concerning Czechoslovakia. 1992-1994. 1 folder.

237-241

Leaflets for elections from various political parties. 1948, 1990-2000 and n.d. 5 folders.

237: Elections.1948, 1990 and n.d.

238: General elections in Czechoslovakia.1992.
NB. with handwritten notes on voting list.

239: General elections in Czech Republic.1996.

240: Parliamentary elections in Czech Republic.1998.

241: Regional and communal elections (mainly Plzen region.2000.

242-245: Documents concerning various organizations. 1948, 1989-2001 and n.d. 4 folders.
NB. I.e. The publisher of the newspaper DNE, Společnost Pro Lidská Práva (Association for Human Rights), Občanské Hnutí (OH), Masarykova Dělnická Akademie and Ústav Pro Soudobé Dějiny (Institute for Contemporary History).

246: Photocopies of articles from the newspaper Nedělní Lidové Noviny. 1990-1992. 1 folder.

247: Photocopies of articles from various periodicals. 1990-1996. 1 folder.

248-252

Press clippings. 1931-1996 5 folders.

248: 1931-1956 and n.d.

249: 1963-1969.

250: 1970-1978

251: 1980-1983, 1986-1989.

252: 1990-1994, 1996-1998.

253: Special editions of periodicals on the death of Czechoslovak politicians. 1937-1957. 1cover, large size A3.
NB. I.e. T.G. Masaryk, Jan Masaryk, E. Beneš, Klement Gottwald, Antonín Zápotocký.

254-255: Leaflets, book announcements and catalogues from publishing houses. 1927, [1956], 1968, 1975, 1979, 1990-2000 and n.d. 2 folders.

256: List of books and magazines withdrawn from the library of the Institute for State and Law Sciences from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (ÚSP ČSAV) and a list of archive holdings on Czechoslovakia at the Hoover Institution. c. 1990, 1997, 1 folder.