A Czechoslovak Archivist in East Africa
Přidáno: September 10, 2021
When I started two months ago we had no idea about the condition the archive here was in. Now I know a little more … The headquarters are in a small house in the town centre … Not only…
Leaflets and Anonymous Letters in 1968 and 1969, the Years of Crisis
Přidáno: August 23, 2021
The occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pact armies on 21 August 1968 was seen as a splinter deep in one’s finger. It intervened against the eased easing of the dictatorship policy of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and…
Two Destinies that Went through the Fire
Přidáno: July 12, 2021
Court files from the collection of the former so-called Study Institute of the Ministry of the Interior No. 141, German courts in the „Reich“, went a long way after they had been created. Nowadays they belong to the most…
All My Compatriots
Přidáno: June 4, 2021
All My Compatriots, or the Case of František Slimáček The 1960s saw a breakthrough in the Czechoslovak cinematography. It was initiated by the arrival of the new young generation of filmmakers, graduates of the Prague Film Faculty of FAMU…
“Normalisation” of Music
Přidáno: May 4, 2021
In the time of the so-called “normalisation of society” in Czechoslovakia, the life of musicians in some particular genres was far from easy. To have a permit for public performances, one had to meet certain regulations: to do the…