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.

Ort:
- Špálova 19, 702 19 Ostrava - Přívoz, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2012
Besondere Beispiele:
- 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.

Ort:
- Žerotínovo náměstí 449/3, 601 77 Brno, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1960
Besondere Beispiele:
- 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.

Ort:
- Palachovo náměstí 723/1, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- Jaroslav Šabata's Study: The Breakthrough Moment of the Prague Spring

Jere Jareb Collection

The Collection of Croatian-American historian Jere Jareb (PhD) contains over 4,500 books, magazines and various brochures in Croatian, English, German, Italian and Slovenian. Dr Jareb, who began compiling the collection in the 1950s, donated it to the Croatian Institute of History in 1997. A particularly intriguing part of the collection are the numerous editions of books, magazines and brochures published by Croatian emigrants in the USA who were critical of the communist regime in Croatia and Yugoslavia. Some of these editions are not available anywhere else in Croatia.

Ort:
- Zagreb Opatička ulica 10, Croatia 10000
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1952
Besondere Beispiele:
- John Pintar. Four years in Tito’s hell, 1954. Book
- Ćorić, Šimun Šito [Boris Katich]. So speak Croatian dissidents, 1983. Book

Jiří Gruša Collection at the Moravian Museum

The collection is an extensive set of materials documenting the culturally opposed activities of its author: a writer, a signatory of The Charter 77 and later a diplomat who was deprived of Czechoslovak citizenship during the Communist regime.

Ort:
- Hudcova 76, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1940
Besondere Beispiele:
- Draft of the Czechoslovak-German Treaty of Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation with Gruša´s comments