Pavel Tigrid Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Pavel Tigrid (1917-2003), also known by the name Pavel Schönfeld, was a Czech writer, journalist and politician, one of the most prominent representatives of Czechoslovakian anti-Communist exile. After the Velvet Revolution, he was an advisor to President Vaclav Havel and Minister of Culture of the Czech Republic.

Ort:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1994
Besondere Beispiele:
- Gratulation to Václav Havel from Ivana and Pavel Tigrid, 1998.

Photographic Collection of European Solidarity Centre

Photographic collection of European Solidarity Centre documents the most important political events from the 1970s and 1980s in Northern Poland. They are a testimonial of suppression, fight and victory, but they also tell little histories: of alternative lifestyles and artistic sensibility. The still-growing archive resources contain over 63.000 items.

Ort:
- Gdańsk, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2008
Besondere Beispiele:
- Gdansk Shipyard in the eyes of Zenon Mirota
- Jack Nickolson with Solidarity badge in Cannes in 1981

Polish Section of the Radio Free Europe

The collection of the Radio Free Europe consists of 17 000 recordings of broadcasts on magnetic tapes and casettes, most of them covering the key historical events in Poland and within Polish diaspora. Polish Section of the Radio Free Europe broadcasted political, but also cultural, musical, religious and entertainment content, created by journalists and writers from Polish diaspora in Western Europe. The Radio was one of the main sources of independent news in socialist Poland.

Ort:
- Warszawa Stefana Hankiewicza 1, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1952
Besondere Beispiele:
- Józef Światło's Testimony, recording, 1954

Polish Underground Library at Libri Prohibiti

The Polish Underground Library was set up in 2009 in collaboration with the The Karta Center Foundation in Warsaw. It is comprised of Polish underground and exile publications, Polish flyers, posters, sound and visual recordings that are part of the Libri Prohibiti’s collections.

Ort:
- Senovážné nám. 2, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2009

Polish Underground Publications Collection at Polish Library POSK in London

Located at the Polish Library of the Polish Social and Cultural Association (POSK) in London, Polish Underground Publications collection contains serials, books, and brochures published clandestinely by Polish opposition groups from 1976 to 1990. This is one of the largest collections of Polish independent publications worldwide and outside Poland. It documents the pluralistic character of anti-communist opposition in People's Poland and testifies to the richness, diversity, and magnitude of underground publishing in People's Poland.

Ort:
- London King Street 238-246, United Kingdom
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1980
Besondere Beispiele:
- Underground issues of "brulion" literary and cultural periodical