Speech Delivered by President E. Beneš 1945

Edvard Beneš – Speech Delivered by President E. Beneš on the Old Town Square Prague on His Return to Czechoslovakia, May 16th, 1945 Prague: Orbis, 1945. 8vo, 21 [2] pp., printed in Lutetia type. A finely printed post-liberation pamphlet issued in July 1945, reproducing President Beneš’s first major public address upon returning to Prague after the end of German occupation. Beyond its symbolic role in marking the reconstitution of the republic, the speech is historically significant for Beneš’s strong praise of Soviet assistance—an emphasis that both reflected the Red Army’s decisive presence and helped ease the political path toward the Communist Party’s postwar ascendancy. Elegantly set with the national lion device on the cover; a notable piece of early postwar Czech political printing. Inv. G5