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The first public appearance of the entire editorial board of Praxis (Student Centre, Zagreb, end of 1964). From left to right: Rudi Supek, behind him (obscured from view), Branko Bošnjak, Gajo Petrović (editor-in-chief), Danilo Pejović (editor-in-chief), Predrag Vranicki, Milan Kangrga, Danko Grlić; far right (with back turned): the director of the Student Centre, M. Heremić, next to him, Antun Žvan.
In the first issue of Praxis in 1964, the first core Praxis group, consisting of Zagreb-based humanist thinkers (philosophers and sociologists), proclaimed the basic platform of the future Praxis critical orientation. In his introduction entitled “Čemu Praxis?” (“Why Praxis?”) Praxis editor-in-chief Gajo Petrović announced the primary origin of the future Praxis orientation: “criticism of all that exists” (the phrase was taken from Karl Marx). This motto served as a principal starting point which generated a decade of criticism by Praxis thinkers; first of all philosophical and sociological analysis dealing with various topics and forms of “everything existing” in the sense of links between freedom and practice (the syntagma “all that exists” combined with criticism provides both an active and social meaning: the truth is verified in practice) This standpoint became the focal point for differentiation and promotion of the culture of dissent among Praxis thinkers and those supporting this orientation, but also among those who disputed it.
Considering the promotion of the culture of dissent, which was in opposition to the concept of a single-party system, the editors of Praxis and the leaders of the Korčula Summer School were exposed to government attacks.
The photograph, which was owned by Asja Petrović, is located in the Praxis and Korčula Summer School Collection. The photo is also published in the book written by Ante Lešaja (2014).

The historical pedestrian railway overpass in Jarocin was for many years a landmark of the city. Festival participants arriving at the train station would use it to go to the city. Throughout the years the overpass was captured in numerous photographs, films, and memoirs from Jarocin festivals. Today it has become a part of the permanent exhibition at the Polish Rock Granary, together with the elements of the now-dismantled amphitheatre where the concerts took place.

Four girls (I. K., B. K., Z. P. and D. M.) were accused of printing and distributing leaflets with a poem, which inappropriately (ironically) spoke about Josip Broz Tito and for distributing the so-called Pastoral letter of 20  September 1945 written by bishops of Yugoslavia in September 1945. Bishops strongly disapproved of the actions against the Church and priests (including killing) implemented by the new government. A short poem was entitled “ A Poem for Tito” and was parodying a famous partisan song “Comrade Tito, white violet/, the entire youth follows you” and was beginning “Comrade Tito, blue violet/, your head will be off until spring” asking for Tito’s death. It was signed by “anti-bolsheviks”, and Tito was named as a “Russian bear” alluding to his Soviet connections with Stalin. At this time, Tito’s life and work had still not been protected from contestations, but this example of everyday opposition proved the anti-revolutionary and anti-communist activities, which were related to the inheritance of traditions of the collaborationist Independent State of Croatia, and as such was strictly punishable.

The document was created by the public prosecutor in Zagreb on 28^th December 1945  (No K-3886/45). Iljko Karaman took the document illegally from the Public Prosecutor's office and stored it in his home collection. The material is available for researching and for copying.

The collection contains the latest issue of the literary journal Host do domu (1970, No. 10) in a form of page proofs, which has never been published.  The issue includes language and stylistic proofreading as well as censorship. A significant example of this practice is an article on Max Weber and George Lukács, which exemplifies a sentence: "Indeed, for our abnormal situation, it is significant that in the 1960s, revisionist elements were sought in this book and is now considered as dogmatic." It documents a transformation of contemporary interpretations in the breaking time of starting normalization. This issue includes, among others, texts of later important figures of the cultural opposition - Jaroslav Škvorecký, Václav Havel, Milan Kundera etc. This is an exceptional example of larger material with specific censorship practices.    

The report on “the legal situation and the clandestine activities of the religious group entitled Jehovah’s Witnesses” was drafted by the First Directorate of the Securitate (in charge of gathering information within the country). This report synthesised the evolution of the religious community of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Romania, their legal status during the past and at the time of its issuance, and the policies of the Securitate regarding this religious denomination.