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Summary:

Professor emeritus of the UNT Political Science department, native of Czechoslovakia and survivor of the Nazi and Soviet invasions of that country, and political activist. Childhood experiences in Prague, Sobotka, and other Czech towns; parents' political involvements; family's experiences in World War II and Soviet invasion; perceptions of American soldiers; life under communist rule; defection from Czechoslovakia and travel to the U.S.; experiences and education in Florida and Ohio; undergraduate education at the University of Miami and graduate study at Michigan State University; naturalization; academic career at North Texas State University/UNT; perceptions of American communists, anti-communists, and other factions; involvement in local Democratic Party politics.

Author/Creator:

Reban, Milan, 1933- , interviewee

Contributors:

Phillips, Michael , interviewer

Friauf, Elizabeth , interviewer

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Oral history interview with Milan Reban, 2017 April 8 [by Reban, M.]

Related Works:

University of North Texas oral history collection

Subjects:

Reban, Milan, 1933- — Interviews

College teachers

Communism

Nazis

Czechoslovakia — History — 1938-1945

Czechoslovakia — History — 1945-1992

1938-1992

Czechoslovakia

Germany

Genres:

Oral histories — United States — Texas — 21st century

History

Interviews

General Notes:

Interview conducted by Michael Phillips & Elizabeth Friauf in Richardson, Texas, for the North Texas Oral History Project, April 8, 2017.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 167 leaves : portrait ; 29 cm

Physical Characteristics:

illumination; portrait

Call Numbers:

OH 1997

OCLC Numbers:

1280131774