Hubert Ripka
Encyclopedia
Hubert Ripka was a Czechoslovak
political figure and author.
The son of a forester
, Ripka was the diplomatic correspondent of the Czech newspaper Lidové Noviny
in the mid-1930s and an adviser to Czechoslovakian president Edvard Beneš
. An opponent of the Munich Agreement
, Ripka moved to France after its signing and wrote Munich: Before and After, an indictment of the events. When France surrendered to German forces in 1940, Ripka moved to England and became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Czechoslovakian government-in-exile. After Germany's defeat in 1945, Ripka returned to Czechoslovakia and took office in the postwar government as Minister for Foreign Trade. With the Communist seizure of power in February 1948 Ripka left Czechoslovakia once more, remaining in exile until his death ten years later.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
political figure and author.
The son of a forester
Forester
250px|thumb|right|Foresters of [[Southern University of Chile|UACh]] in the [[Valdivian forest]]s of San Pablo de Tregua, ChileA forester is a person who practices forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including timber...
, Ripka was the diplomatic correspondent of the Czech newspaper Lidové Noviny
Lidové noviny
Lidové noviny is a daily newspaper published in the Czech Republic. It is the oldest Czech daily. Its profile is nowadays a national news daily covering political, economic, cultural and scientific affairs, mostly with a centre-right, conservative view...
in the mid-1930s and an adviser to Czechoslovakian president Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš
Edvard Beneš was a leader of the Czechoslovak independence movement, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the second President of Czechoslovakia. He was known to be a skilled diplomat.- Youth :...
. An opponent of the Munich Agreement
Munich Agreement
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without...
, Ripka moved to France after its signing and wrote Munich: Before and After, an indictment of the events. When France surrendered to German forces in 1940, Ripka moved to England and became Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Czechoslovakian government-in-exile. After Germany's defeat in 1945, Ripka returned to Czechoslovakia and took office in the postwar government as Minister for Foreign Trade. With the Communist seizure of power in February 1948 Ripka left Czechoslovakia once more, remaining in exile until his death ten years later.
Works
- Munich: Before and After: A Fully Documented Czechoslovak Account of the Crises of September 1938.... London: Gollancz, 1939
- East and West. London: Lincolns-Prager, c1944
- Czechoslovakia Enslaved: The Story of the Communist Coup d'État. London: Victor Gollancz, 1950
- Eastern Europe in the post-war world. Methuen, 1961