Sovětský svaz před soudem ve Francii a české souvislosti
The Soviet Union in court in France and czech connections

Summary/Abstract: An anthology of three texts examining court cases in France at the end of the 1940s that entered the history books as the “Kravchenko Affair” and “David Rousset vs Les Lettres françaises” trials. The hearings contributed greatly to the Western public’s awareness of the Soviet Union’s repressive regime. The authors’ focus of attention is the court battle between D. Rousset and P. Daix, which saw testimony from the Czech lawyer František Polák, a former prisoner at Soviet labour camps in Siberia. Polák’s testimony and an interview with P. Daix, against whom he gave evidence in court, are also included.

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