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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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life stories
Gustav Bubník
Gustav Bubník was born on November 21, 1928 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. In the years of 1946 - 48 he studied commercial Academy in Prague. In 1948 - 62 he played ice-hockey, was a member of the Czechoslovak national team, 1948 silver medal from the winter Olympic Games in St. Moritz (Switzerland) and 1949 golden medal from the World championship in ice hockey, Stockholm (Sweden).
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Jindriska Havrlantova
Jindřiška Havrlantová was from a farming family. She was arrested with her father on March 8, 1954 and sentenced to 18 years of prison. She was released on February 20, 1963.
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Julie Hrušková
Julie Hrušková assisted at illegal border crossings in the communist Czechoslovakia. She was accused of espionage and sentenced to fifteen years of prison. She aborted after a brutal interrogation in Brno. She was released on the amnesty on May 9, 1960.
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Zdeněk Kovařík
Zdeněk Kovařík was accused of high treason in a show trial called „Group JU1“ and sentenced to nine years of prison. He had to work in the uranium labor camps in Jáchymov until 1955 – he spent two and half years in the labor camp „L“ called also „Liquidation camp“ and two years in the forced labor camp Nikolaj.
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Jozef Kycka
Jozef Kycka worked as a civil employee in the uranium mines in Jáchymov since 1948. He was sentenced to eighteen years of prison in the same camps because of meeting his old friend who worked as a secret agent. He was released based on the amnesty in 1960.
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