National Content: Germany
CSSR occupied by Eastern Troups
No resistance by the Tchechs
| Source | Süddeutsche Zeitung Special Edition Wednesday 21st August 1968 |
| Event referred to | 20th of August 1968: USSR Invasion of Czech Republic |
| Technological characteristics | TIFF picture 368 kb |
| Description of the source | The report was published in a special edition of the Süddeutsche Zeitung which is one of the most important nespapers in Germany. The event was considered as such important that the newspaper published a special edition on the after the noght of the invasion. |
| Contextualisation of the source | The report was published on the first day after the invasion and describes the event and the reaction of the political leades in Prague. |
| Interpretation of the source | The text describes the facts of the invasion, the reaction of the people in CSSR and the statement of the political leaders of the governmet of the CSSR. There is a quotation of the leaders of the Communist Party asking the people to show a worthy quietness. Only that could bring a solution of the actual situation. The leaders demand that all foreign troups should leave the country immidiatly. There is also an information that the State Television was not able to broadcast any more. |
| Original Contents | Please read the article. |
| Original Contents (English Translation) | The article reports that the Czechoslovakia was attacked from all sides by troupes from Soviet Union, DDR, Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria. It says that the attackers pretend to have been called for help by communist from the Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovakian government asked the peope of the country not to fight against the foreign troups. In the course of the article the events are described, what happend in Prague and other cities. The most important Czechoslovakian newspaper is quotated with the phrase that the whole country is supporting Dubcek and the other leaders of the Czechoslovakia. The Russian press agency is mentioned and the fact that no eastern source is give names of those who should have called foreign troups for help in the fight against so called anti-socialistic fources. |