Documents of the Hungarian Democratic Forum (1987-1989)

The Hungarian Democratic Forum (HDF) was the first legal oppositional movement in socialist Hungary. The document material of the HDF, based on the private collection of Sándor Lezsák, is a unique source on cultural resistance during the late Kádár period and 1989.

Місце знаходження:
- Lakitelek Felsőalpár 3, Hungary 6065
Теми:
- література та літературна критика
- національні рухи (патріотична опозиція)
Дата заснування:
- 1991
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- The Lakitelek Declaration, 1987. Archival document

Edvard Kocbek Collection

The Edvard Kocbek Collection is located in the depot of the National and University Library in Ljubljana. It is actually his personal bequest to that same library. Kocbek was the greatest Slovenian poet and writer of the 20^th century, who, as a Christian Socialist, joined the Slovene National Liberation Front under the control of the communists during the Second World War. Due to his divergent opinions about the war and the policies of the new communist regime, immediately after the war he was placed under the surveillance of the secret police (known as the UDBA). After that, he was very soon placed under a kind of public isolation, which implied limited movement and restricted access to intellectual life.

Місце знаходження:
- Ljubljana Turjaška ulica 1, Slovenia 1000
Теми:
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Kocbek, Edvard. “Fear and Courage” (radio dramatization by Ivan Buzečan), 1981. Manuscript
- Letter from Mihajlo Mihajlov to Edvard Kocbek, 7 June 1966

Elza Rudenāja and Vladislavs Urtāns collection on preservation of local cultural legacy

The Elza Rudenāja and Vladislavs Urtāns collection at the Madona Museum of Local History and Arts shows how much devoted and resourceful people could contribute to the preservation of the local and national culture by working within the system, even in an inhospitable political environment.

Місце знаходження:
- Madona Skolas iela 12, Latvia LV-4801
Теми:
- альтернативні способи життя і повсякденний опір
- національні рухи (патріотична опозиція)
Дата заснування:
- 1944
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Photography of Vladislavs Urtāns with pupils of Madon district schools

Exhibits of European Solidarity Centre

This collection expresses the artistic tendencies in the last decades of Polish reality under socialist regime. It includes a huge number of graphics, posters, paintings and drawings, as well as some items produced by opposition members held under detention.

Місце знаходження:
- Gdańsk, Poland
Теми:
Дата заснування:
- 2008
Oсобливо цінні експонати:
- Portrait of an Unknown Man by Jacek Fedorowicz
- Sweater of Lech Wałęsa

Family Collection of István Bibó's Heritage

István Bibó (1911–1979) was a Hungarian political scientist, sociologist, and scholar on the philosophy of law. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Bibó acted as the Minister of State for Imre Nagy’s second government. When the Soviets invaded and crushed the revolution, he was the last minister left at his post in the Hungarian parliament building. Rather than flee, he remained in the building and wrote his famous proclamation, “For Freedom and Truth,” until he awaited arrest. Bibó became a role model for dissident intellectuals in the late communist era and a symbol of non-violent civilian resistance based on a firm moral stand.
Since Bibó’s death in 1979, the family collection of his bequest, which includes personal documents, photos, manuscripts, books, and video and sound recordings, has been in the care of art historian and educator István Bibó Jr., who keeps the materials in his home in Budapest.