30:(June 18, 1900 — August 22, 1989) was a Czech American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser. She was director of American Relief for Czechoslovakia, and president of the Czechoslovak National Council of America. In 1949 she was arrested by Czech authorities on espionage charges, but quickly released after pressure from the United States.
78:
Upon release after a week in custody, Vraz returned to the United States, where she became president of the
Czechoslovak National Council of America, and edited two national publications for the Czechoslovak-American community. She was called upon for reactions during the 1968
20:
46:. Her father was Enrique Stanko Vraz (1860-1932), a naturalist and explorer born in Bulgaria to Czech parents. Her mother was also called Vlasta Vraz (1875-1961). Her maternal grandfather August Geringer (1842-1930) published a Czech-language Daily,
66:
for the Czech government in exile. In 1945, she was back in Prague, directing
American Relief for Czechoslovakia. She was responsible for distributing $ 4 million in food, medicine, clothing and other supports. She was inducted into the
301:
103:. The rest of her papers was bequeathed to the Náprstek Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. The same institution owns extensive personal papers of her father Enrique Stanko Vráz.
296:
92:
75:
in 1946, for her relief work. But in 1949, Vraz was arrested by the
Communist authorities, on espionage charges, sparking protests from the United States.
291:
80:
58:
She lived in Prague as a young woman, from 1919 to 1939, at first helping her father who was lecturing there before he died in 1932. During
154:
286:
96:
68:
43:
100:
281:
276:
95:
in
Chicago, near those of her mother and her brother, Victor E. Vraz, an economics professor at
63:
19:
270:
59:
62:
she returned to the United States with her widowed mother, and was a secretary in
230:
214:
199:
184:
169:
134:
119:
72:
245:
260:
99:. Some of her papers are in the Geringer Family Papers, archived at the
91:
Vlasta Vraz died in 1989, aged 89 years. Her remains were buried in the
39:
18:
120:"U. S. Woman Relief Head Jailed by Prague for Political Inquiry"
231:"'How Could They Do It?': Czech-Americans React to Invasion"
261:
Portrait of Vlasta Vraz under street signs, 1945-1946
16:
Czech
American relief worker, editor, and fundraiser
302:Burials at Bohemian National Cemetery (Chicago)
155:"Vlasta Adele Vraz, 89, Czechoslovak Activist"
200:"Czechs Release Berwyn Woman at U. S. Demand"
8:
185:"Protest Arrest of Berwynite by Czech Reds"
229:George Landover and Nicholas von Hoffman,
50:, in the United States, starting in 1875.
297:Recipients of the Order of the White Lion
263:, University of Minnesota Media Archive.
111:
150:
148:
146:
81:Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
7:
215:"Freed Relief Head Back from Prague"
170:"Disease Menacing Europe's Children"
23:Vraz in Moravská Ostrava, 1945-1946
14:
292:American people of Czech descent
42:and raised in Czech California,
38:Vlasta Adele Vraz was born in
1:
318:
93:Bohemian National Cemetery
248:, Chicago History Museum.
175:(November 27, 1946): 18.
140:(October 21, 1961): B8.
97:Northwestern University
69:Order of the White Lion
44:South Lawndale, Chicago
246:Geringer Family Papers
236:(August 22, 1968): C1.
101:Chicago History Museum
24:
205:(April 17, 1949): 12.
203:Chicago Daily Tribune
190:(April 14, 1949): N3.
188:Chicago Daily Tribune
138:Chicago Daily Tribune
22:
125:(April 14, 1949): 1.
118:Dana Adams Schmidt,
220:(May 19, 1949): 14.
160:(August 24, 1989).
135:"Mrs. Vlasta Vraz"
25:
64:Washington, D. C.
28:Vlasta Adele Vraz
309:
287:American editors
249:
243:
237:
227:
221:
212:
206:
197:
191:
182:
176:
167:
161:
152:
141:
132:
126:
116:
317:
316:
312:
311:
310:
308:
307:
306:
267:
266:
257:
252:
244:
240:
234:Washington Post
228:
224:
213:
209:
198:
194:
183:
179:
168:
164:
158:Chicago Tribune
153:
144:
133:
129:
117:
113:
109:
89:
56:
36:
17:
12:
11:
5:
315:
313:
305:
304:
299:
294:
289:
284:
279:
269:
268:
265:
264:
256:
255:External links
253:
251:
250:
238:
222:
218:New York Times
207:
192:
177:
173:New York Times
162:
142:
127:
123:New York Times
110:
108:
105:
88:
85:
55:
52:
35:
32:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
314:
303:
300:
298:
295:
293:
290:
288:
285:
283:
280:
278:
275:
274:
272:
262:
259:
258:
254:
247:
242:
239:
235:
232:
226:
223:
219:
216:
211:
208:
204:
201:
196:
193:
189:
186:
181:
178:
174:
171:
166:
163:
159:
156:
151:
149:
147:
143:
139:
136:
131:
128:
124:
121:
115:
112:
106:
104:
102:
98:
94:
87:Personal life
86:
84:
82:
76:
74:
70:
65:
61:
53:
51:
49:
45:
41:
33:
31:
29:
21:
241:
233:
225:
217:
210:
202:
195:
187:
180:
172:
165:
157:
137:
130:
122:
114:
90:
77:
60:World War II
57:
47:
37:
27:
26:
282:1989 deaths
277:1900 births
73:Jan Masaryk
271:Categories
107:References
34:Early life
48:Svornost
40:Chicago
54:Career
71:by
273::
145:^
83:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
