Josef Korbel
Josef Korbel | |
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| Born | Josef Körbel September 20, 1909 |
| Died | July 18, 1977 (aged 67) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Spouse |
Anna Spiegelová (m. 1935) |
| Children | 3, including Madeleine Albright |
| Relatives | Alice P. Albright (granddaughter) |
Josef Korbel (
His daughter, Madeleine Albright, served as Secretary of State under President Bill Clinton, and he was the mentor of President George W. Bush's Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice. His granddaughter, Alice P. Albright, is serving as CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation under President Joe Biden.
Background and career
Josef was born under the family name Körbel on September 20, 1909 to
At the time of their daughter Madeleine's birth, Josef was serving as press-attaché at the Czechoslovak Embassy in Belgrade.[3]
Though he served as a diplomat in the government of Czechoslovakia, Korbel's politics and Judaism forced him to flee with his wife and baby Madeleine after the Nazi invasion in 1939 and move to London. Korbel served as an advisor to Edvard Beneš, in the Czech government in exile. He gave speeches for the BBC's daily broadcasts to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.[4][5] During their time in England the Korbels converted to Catholicism and dropped the umlaut from the family name, resulting in the second syllable of "Korbel" being stressed.[2][6]
Korbel returned to
Following the
After his death, the University of Denver established the Josef Korbel Humanitarian Award in 2000. Since then, 28 people have received it.
The Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver was named the Josef Korbel School of International Studies on May 28, 2008.
Academic work
- Tito's Communism (The Univ. of Denver Press, 1951). ISBN 978-5-88379-552-6. online
- Danger in Kashmir (Princeton University Press, 1954). ISBN 1400875234. online
- The Communist Subversion of Czechoslovakia, 1938–1948: The Failure of Co-existence (Oxford University Press, 1959), ISBN 978-1-4008-7963-2. online
- Poland Between East and West: Soviet and German Diplomacy toward Poland, 1919–1933 (Princeton University Press, 1963). ISBN 978-0691624631 online
- Detente in Europe: Real or Imaginary? (Princeton University Press, 1972). ISBN 978-0691644295.
- Conflict, Compromise, and Conciliation: West German–Polish Normalization 1966–1976 (with Louis Ortmayer, University of Denver, 1975).
- The Politics of Soviet Policy Formation: Khrushchev's Innovative Policies in Education and Agriculture (University of Denver, 1976).
- Twentieth-century Czechoslovakia : the meanings of its history online
Danger in Kashmir
Norman Palmer notes in a review of Korbel's book Danger in Kashmir that Korbel covers the same ground as Michael Brecher.[8] Yashina Tarr sees that Korbel has succeeded in providing an objective assessment of the United Nations' work and recommends it to readers.[9] Birdwood labels the content on the United Nations Commission involvement "authoritative" due to Korbel's own membership in the Commission. He also observes that the huge number of footnotes and quotations testify to Korbel's vast research put into this "valuable contribution" on the Kashmir dispute.[10] Werner Levi observes that Korbel tends to abstain from giving his own judgements and evaluations. Levi states that Korbel's book is a "comprehensive and balanced statement" of a contested topic.[11]
Artwork ownership controversy
Philipp Harmer, an Austrian citizen, filed a lawsuit claiming that Josef Korbel's family is in inappropriate possession of artwork belonging to his great-grandfather, the German entrepreneur Karl Nebrich. Like most other ethnic Germans living in Czechoslovakia, Nebrich and his family were expelled from the country under the postwar "Beneš decrees", and left behind artwork and furniture in an apartment subsequently given to Korbel's family, before they also were forced to flee the country.[7][12]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0684845647.
- ^ a b Dobbs, Michael (February 4, 1997). "Albright's Family Tragedy Comes to Light". The Washington Post. p. A01. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
- ^ a b c About us, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver, retrieved May 15, 2016.
- ^ Washington PostDecember 28, 2000.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-387-95940-5
- ISBN 978-0-06-203031-3.
- ^ a b Suzanne Smalley: Germans lost their art, too. Family says Albright's father took paintings – May 17, 2000
- S2CID 144544982.
- ^ Tarr, Yashina (1955). "Danger in Kashmir – Book Review". Journal of International Affairs. 9 (1): 121.
- JSTOR 2607376.
- JSTOR 3035420.
- ^ Wealthy Austrian Family Claims Albright's Father Stole Paintings, May 5, 1999
External links
- Guide to the Josef Korbel papers at the University of Denver Retrieved September 26, 2014.
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