Ivan Medek Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Ivan Medek (1925-2010) was a prominent Czech music publicist, a signatory of Charter 77 and a founding member of VONS. In 1978 he went into exile, where he founded the Press Service and worked with Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. This collection contains unique documents from his exile activity.

Місце знаходження:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1978
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Letter of Ivan Medek on founding of Press Service, 1982

Ivana Tigridová Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Ivana Tigridová (1925-2008) was a journalist and human rights activist. She was one of the most distinguished personalities of Czechoslovak exile. In Paris, she founded two organisations supporting prisoners and persecuted opponents of the regime in Czechoslovakia and other countries of the Eastern Bloc.

Місце знаходження:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1974
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Newsletter Help and Action, 1977.

Jakša Kušan Collection

The collection testifies to the thirty-six-year activity of Croatian journalist and writer Jakša Kušan (1931), who propagated the idea of a democratic, pluralistic and free Croatia in exile from 1955 to 1990. By editing and publishing the non-partisan magazine Nova Hrvatska, he tried to inform the Croatian and global public about the suppression of human rights and civil liberties in socialist Croatia and Yugoslavia.

Місце знаходження:
- Zagreb Vrhovec 26, Croatia 10000
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1955
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Stjepan Babić, Božidar Finka, Milan Moguš. Hrvatski pravopis (Croatian Orthography), 1972. Book
- Summer Courses of the Free Europe University in Exile, 1957. Brochure

Jan Tesař Collection at the Moravian Museum

The collection is important proof of the activities of a left-thinking historian, a "spiritual father" and co-founder of the Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted (VONS), a co-publisher of unofficial periodic Dialogy, who was imprisoned several times and forced to go to exile, where he collaborated with dissidents from other socialist countries.

Місце знаходження:
- Hudcova 76, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1939
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- The typewriten manuscript of a petition calling for religious freedom, an predecessor of the so-called "Moravian Challenges"

Jan Čep Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Jan Čep (1902-1974) was one of the most prominent representatives of modern Czech prose. His collection contains his manuscripts of radio reflections, which he wrote for Czechoslovak Radio Free Europe. Through his reflections, he tried to face totalitarianism and spiritually strengthen people "at home".

Місце знаходження:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1951
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Manuscript of radio journal of Jan Čep about book Fox and Camellia