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- 1939-1948 (Creation)
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2 files
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Little is known about Alfred Pavel Peres save for the fact that he was an international lawyer and that he helped Eduard Benes get visas for political liberals. He was a member of the Deutsch-demokratischen Freiheitspartei.
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GB 1556 WL 1163 1939-1948 Collection level 2 files Peres , Alfred Pavel , fl 1939-1948 , lawyer
Little is known about Alfred Pavel Peres save for the fact that he was an international lawyer and that he helped Eduard Benes get visas for political liberals. He was a member of the Deutsch-demokratischen Freiheitspartei.
Kate Peres
Papers of Alfred Pavel Peres, 1939-1948, including minutes of discussions held initially between President Dr Edward Benes and Dr Peres and later also including Dr G Beuer, Dr J Zimmer, Dr Popper, and Dr Girschick, signed by Peres. The subjects of the discussions are wide ranging and necessarily reflect the changing situation vis a vis the effects of war. They include problems regarding the Sudetendeutsch, the formation of a Czech government in exile (-/2); problems of Czech refugees (-/3); report regarding Czech soldiers in France. The papers also include correspondence between Peres and Benes, Jan Masaryk and others. These papers document, in part, the activities of Czech exiles in London during the war and the situation in Czechoslovakia in the immediate post war years.
The material has been arranged as follows: minutes of meetings with Peres and Benes and others; correspondence to named individuals and general; news reports regarding the post war situation in Czechoslovakia; press cuttings and miscellaneous material.
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
January 2008 Wars (events) Benes , Edouard , 1884-1948 , Czechoslovak statesman Czech history Czechoslovakia Eastern Europe England Europe European history Exiles France Government London Masaryk , Jan Garrigue , 1886-1948 , Czechoslovak diplomat Migrants National history Nosek , Václav , 1892-1955 , Czechoslovak politician Peres , Alfred Pavel , fl 1939-1948 , lawyer Refugees Ripka , Hubert , 1895-1958 , Czechoslovak politician and author Sudetenland UK Western Europe World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
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Kate Peres
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Papers of Alfred Pavel Peres, 1939-1948, including minutes of discussions held initially between President Dr Edward Benes and Dr Peres and later also including Dr G Beuer, Dr J Zimmer, Dr Popper, and Dr Girschick, signed by Peres. The subjects of the discussions are wide ranging and necessarily reflect the changing situation vis a vis the effects of war. They include problems regarding the Sudetendeutsch, the formation of a Czech government in exile (-/2); problems of Czech refugees (-/3); report regarding Czech soldiers in France. The papers also include correspondence between Peres and Benes, Jan Masaryk and others. These papers document, in part, the activities of Czech exiles in London during the war and the situation in Czechoslovakia in the immediate post war years.
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The material has been arranged as follows: minutes of meetings with Peres and Benes and others; correspondence to named individuals and general; news reports regarding the post war situation in Czechoslovakia; press cuttings and miscellaneous material.
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Open
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Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
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- English
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- Latin
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German, Czech and English
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English