Book details: NEWS FLASHES FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA UNDER NAZI DOMINATION (THE NEWS WHICH IS COMING THROUGH IN SPITE OF NAZI CENSORSHIP!) 249 issues 1940-1946 [NEARLY COMPLETE MARCH 1941-OCT 1946]
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Czechoslovak National Council Of America.
NEWS FLASHES FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA UNDER NAZI DOMINATION (THE NEWS WHICH IS COMING THROUGH IN SPITE OF NAZI CENSORSHIP!) 249 issues 1940-1946 [NEARLY COMPLETE MARCH 1941-OCT 1946]
Imprint: Chicago: The Council, 1940-1946
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
Inscription: Signed, Inscribed Or Annotated
1st edition. All original paper wrappers, 4to, each copy is 1 leaf folded in half, making [4] pages. Included are: No.50 (September 17, 1940), No. 52 (October 1, 1940), No. 62 (December 30, 1940), No. 71 (March 3, 1941), Nos. 74-80 (March 24 -May 5, 1941), No. 82 (May 19, 1941), Nos. 84-151 (June 2- September 21, 1942), Nos. 153-223 (October 5-February 7, 1944), Nos. 226-234 (February 28-April 24, 1944), Nos. 236-305 (May 8, 1944-December 15, 1945). The numbering system then changed and continues as Vol. VII, Nos 1-19 (January 1-October 1, 1946), all present. 249 issues total, nearly complete and uninterrupted from March 1941-October 1946. Fascinating exile publication, published weekly to alert other refugees, and American decision makers as well, about Nazi abuses in Czechoslovakia and resistance to them, from the great ("Sokol Property Seized: Nazis Destroy Great Czech National Monument) to the small ("Czech Farmers Refuse to Breed Pigs") . Some material on Jews. "News Flashes From Czechoslovakia Under Nazi Domination" ran 1939-1945, then, following the end of the war, continued as simply "News Flashes from Czechoslovakia, " through 1946. The Czechoslovak National Council was established during WWI to help with war efforts. Headlines include, “Over 50,000 Czechs in Nazi Torture Chambers,” (no. 50) “New Persecution of Czech Catholics,” (no. 52) “Nazis admit Invasion of Czechoslovakia Before Dr. Hacha signed Agreement, “ (no. 74) “German Refugees in Czechoslovakia,” (no. 77) “Nazis Selling Out in Protectorate,” (no. 95) “President F.D. Roosevelt on American-Czechoslovak Relations,” (no. 115) “New Nazi Government for Czechs,” (no. 119) “Every Seventh Worker in Hitlerland a Foreigner,” (no. 120 “Nazis Discover Sabotage in Czech Literature and Art,” (no. 128) “Just Retribution to Nazis Pledged by Czechoslovaks,” (no. 139) “Czechoslovak Labor Under Nazism,” (no. 205) and “Religious Situation in Czechoslovakia” (Vol VII, no. 19). SUBJECT(S): History. 1938-1945 Czechoslovakia. Also included a publisher's notice about new name and printing schedule. OCLC: 2449105. A few issues have minor tearing and chipping, some are sunned, some have additional creasing from mailing. All are legible and intact. Majority are in Near Perfect Condition. Very Good Condition. (HOLO2-159-10)
Stock number:41196.