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Banner with red lettering spelling, "We don't want a traitor as our ruler."

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Typescript in Russian addressing Soviet soldiers.

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Printed letterhead and typewritten text in Czech reproducing text of a statement by the suppressed Czechoslovak Socialdemocrat Party.

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Reverse features a hand-written warning of four Soviet automobiles used to arrest Czechoslovak representatives, and calling on citizens to hamper their work.

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Evidently intended to be displayed by Czechoslovak Army Soldiers.

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Letter addressed to multiple international newspapers, including the Times, Washington Post, and Le Monde.

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Concludes with a call for resumed governance by Svoboda and Dubček.

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Contains anti-Soviet text in Czech and Russian, printed on reverse of unused factory blanks.

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A bulletin from the North Bohemian province updating citizens on political developments.

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Reproduces the Czech flag with a crown of thorns and the slogan of the anti-invasion activists, "The Truth Will Triumph."

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Russian and Polish text addressed to Soviet soldiers.

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Czech proclamation against the occupation issued by Czechoslovak Public Transport workers of the Náchod Region.

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Typewritten text in Czech containing a proclamation by workers of the national factory Tepna in Náchod.

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Polish text addressing soldiers of the Warsaw Pact.

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Typescript in Polish addressing Warsaw Pact soldiers.

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Seven broadsides containing various demands by workers and citizens. One calls for protests by students at Charles University. Several bulletins reporting on the emergency meeting of the National Council of the Czechoslovak Communist Party.

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Three propaganda postcards produced to communicate perceived threats faced by Germany in the years preceding World War II. Postcards are entitled "Wer braucht Sicherheit im Osten?" ["Who Needs Security in the East?]; "Deutschlands Abrukung und die Rüstung siner Nachbarn" ["Germany's Disarmament and the Armament of its Neighbors"]; "Die Luftbedrohung Deutschlands" ["The Air Threat to Germany"].

Content Description Fifteen photograph prints largely taken during, and in the aftermath of, the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 and early 1945. 1) "Branie wody v leju po bombie ... " (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 7 x 10 cm. Dated August 14, 1944. Shows civilians removing debries after the destructions of a building. 2) "Most Poniatowskiego" (Haneman's caption in blue ink), 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Dated February 1945. Shows the destructions to the Poniatowski Bridge after German detonations during the 1944 Warsaw...

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Photographs of Svoboda and Dubček with Czech text that reads, "We will not give you up - we will not betray you!"

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Poster with design in yellow, black, and red, protesting the occupation.