Hubert Masarik papers

Collection

Call Number: MS 1707

Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typescript of an annotated manuscript, Středoevropské proměny: svědectí jednoho života (Central European Transfiguration: Testimony of a Lifetime), by Hubert Masarik. The manuscript is approximately 530 pages and undated.

Dates

Undated

Creator

Masařík, Hubert, 1896-1982

Language of Materials

The papers are in Czech.

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received from Tanya Rannit, Slavic Collection, Yale University Library, 1989.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1707

Additional Description

Overview

Photocopy of a typescript of an annotated manuscript, Středoevropské proměny: svědectí jednoho života (Central European Transfiguration: Testimony of a Lifetime), by Hubert Masarik. The manuscript is approximately 530 pages and undated.

Biographical / Historical

Hubert Masarik was born on July 2, 1896. He studied law at the University of Prague, and worked at Czechoslovakia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1920 until 1939. While head of a ministry department during the Nazi occupation in 1938-1939, Masarik collaborated with the occupying government forces. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 and later released due to the influence of his German and Italian friends. After the war, Masarik was again accused of collaboration and imprisoned. In 1946, he was released by the People's Court because of his beneficial deeds during his time in power. After working as a translator, he went into retirement in 1959. Masarik died in Prague on October 13, 1982.