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Download Czechoslovak Politcal Prisoners for free now!
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
Creative Workshop during the AEGEE Summer University took place in Prague
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Public Debate on the Commemoration Day of Political Prisoners in Jáchymov
Politicalprisoners.eu visited the town of Jáchymov in north-west Bohemia on 22-23May 2009.
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Governmental Support
Volunteer initiative politicalprisoners.eu was supported by the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic.
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Escape from Ilava
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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International workshop „Life in the Stalinist Labor Camps“ took place in Prague
The volunteer initiative politicalprisoners.eu organized another youth event dedicated to commemoration of victims of Stalinism.
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Our childhood experience with communism
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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The Mene Tekel conference paper
Here is the paper written by our conference participants for the International Conference Mene Tekel.
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Historical Overview

Historical Overview


The development of the Czechoslovakian society in the postwar was an important historical break in its story. The relations in Europe changed since the European political field got two new great powers, the Soviet Union and the United States of America. They fought together to knock down Nazi Germany. After the victory, the interests of these two countries were increasingly different until they divided into two antagonistic blocks.
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Escape from Ilava

Escape from Ilava


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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Our childhood experience with communism

Our childhood experience with communism


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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A letter from prison

A letter from prison


Each letter from prison had to be censored, because it might have contained some forbidden information, complaints about treatment, or a negative comment on Communism.
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A suit for pardon

A suit for pardon


The reply from the Ministry of Justice on a suit for pardon of Drahomíra Svobodová (nowadays Stuchlíková) is from 1959.
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Projekt byl podpořen odborem informování o evropských záležitostech Úřadu vlády České republiky

Projekt byl podpořen odborem informování o evropských záležitostech Úřadu vlády České republiky