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Women in communist prisons in the 1950s in Czechoslovakia: Understanding psychological effects of political imprisonment and ways of coping using oral history
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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Czechoslovak political prisoners: Return to Society
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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2010 IOHA PRAGUE
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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Download Czechoslovak Political 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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Mene Tekel Conference Paper
Here is the paper written by our conference participants for the International Conference Mene Tekel.
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