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Book Presentation to Library of Congress, 2008

On August 14, 2008, Charge d’Affaires Jaroslav Kurfűrst, jointly with Past SVU President Míla Rechcígl, hosted a cocktail reception at the residence of the Ambassador, during which Dr. Rechcígl presented a selection of books to the representatives of the Library of Congress. Dr. Jeremy Adamson, the recently appointed Director for Collections and Services, accepted the books on behalf of the Library of Congress.
from the left: Míla Rechcígl, Jeremy Adamson, and Jaroslav Kurfurst
[from the left: Míla Rechcígl, Jeremy Adamson, and Jaroslav Kurfűrst]

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What they say about the new monograph on SVU History

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Fifty Years of SVU

Fifty years of SVU - coverOn the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU), the Society has published an extraordinary memoir by one of the Society’s founders and President for many years Dr. Miloslav Rechcigl. The book bears a title On Behalf of Their Homeland: Fifty Years of SVU.

An Eyewitness Account of the History of the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) was published by East European Monographs, Boulder, CO and is being distributed by Columbia University Press, New York.

In this monumental monograph of some 700 pages, illustrated with numerous photographs, the Society is depicted …read more