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The paper presented by Kristýna Bušková at the XVI. International Oral History Conference, "Between Past and Future: Oral History, Memory and Meaning" in Prague.
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The paper by Michal Louč presented at the XVI. International Oral History Conference, "Between Past and Future: Oral History, Memory and Meaning" in Prague.
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Volunteer initiative Political Prisoners.eu participated actively at the Sixteenth International Oral History Conference, "Between Past and Future: Oral History, Memory and Meaning" that was held in Prague.
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The book of 5 male and 5 female life stories of former Czechoslovak political prisoners is now available on our web for free.
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Creative Workshop during the AEGEE Summer University took place in Prague
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Politicalprisoners.eu visited the town of Jáchymov in north-west Bohemia on 22-23May 2009.
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Volunteer initiative politicalprisoners.eu was supported by the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic.
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Towards the end of the year1950 a transport of eighty plus prisoners was sent in two busloads from the notorious jail Bory, near Pilsen, to the near empty jail in Ilava in western Slovakia...
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The volunteer initiative politicalprisoners.eu organized another youth event dedicated to commemoration of victims of Stalinism.
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The Memories of the daughters of a political prisoner – Maria a Jana Jurčovičová from Slovakia. This paper was presented at the International Youth Conference in Prague: "Life Stories of Victims of Stalinism".
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Here is the paper written by our conference participants for the International Conference Mene Tekel.
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Creative Workshop during the AEGEE Summer University
Thirty five active representatives of European youth were trained in the basic methodology of oral history and recent history on July 10, 2009 in Prague. Political prisoners.eu held a creative workshop during the Summer University of AEGEE Prague. Students from all over Europe were introduced records and interviews of former political prisoners, information about historical events in former Czechoslovakia and Soviet block.
Workshop facilitators brought and transmitted experiences from eyewitnesses to the young generation representatives. Having young people reflect and discuss memories of political prisoners during the workshop was one of the ways how to bring them closer to the experience of life under Communist regime. It created a connection between the young and older generations.
An important part of the workshop was an introduction to historical events through experiences of individuals from post-war Europe - the history of Stalinism, mass persecution, show trials, mass imprisonment etc. The objective was to make a connection between history and individual experience of "average" people and present this experience to young generation. Sharing memories and knowledge between eyewitnesses and young people was a crucial aspect underlying the whole idea of our volunteer initiative.
Date of last edit: 7/14/2009 14:18:21
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