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
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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 Trefulka Collection at the Moravian Museum

The collection of Jan Trefulka documents the transformation of a prominent writer and an engaged Communist into a dissident, a signatory of the Charter 77 publishing in samizdat and exile periodicals. The collection contains Jan Trefulka's personal materials, documents related to his samizdat activities, literary works and editorial work in a periodical Host do domu.

Місце знаходження:
- Hudcova 76, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1940
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- The last issue of the Host to House magazine (1970, no. 10)

Jaromír and Dolores Šavrda Collection

The Jaromír and Dolores Šavrda Collection consists mostly of materials documenting the life and work of Jaromír Šavrda (1933–1988), a Czech journalist, writer, political prisoner and significant representative of dissent in Ostrava. Parts of the collection are, for example, Jaromír Šavrda’s biographical documents, his literary work including poetry written in prison, samizdat editions of his works as well as works written by other authors, manuscripts and typescripts of books and magazines, materials documenting his activities in dissent and his correspondence.

Місце знаходження:
- Špálova 19, 702 19 Ostrava - Přívoz, Czech Republic
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Дата заснування:
- 2012
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Václav Havel at the tomb of Jaromír Šavrda, Ostrava, 1990. Photo
- Šavrda, Jaromír. The Prisoner No. 1260, 1982. Manuscript

Jaroslav Mezník Collection at the Archive of the Masaryk University

The Collection of Jaroslav Mezník documents the activities of the Charter 77´s signatory, the work of a professor of History and later Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Masaryk University.

Місце знаходження:
- Žerotínovo náměstí 449/3, 601 77 Brno, Czech Republic
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 1960
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Mezník´s Critical Commentary on Charter 77 Document No. 11/84 in "The Right to History"

Jaroslav Šabata Collection

The collection of Jaroslav Šabata is a unique collection and testimony of a former member of the Communist Party and later a Charter 77 spokesperson. This collection is made up of the private documents of Šabata, which he gathered during his lifetime and which were donated to the archive after his death.

Місце знаходження:
- Palachovo náměstí 723/1, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Теми:
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Jaroslav Šabata's Study: The Breakthrough Moment of the Prague Spring