Jan Čep Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Jan Čep (1902-1974) was one of the most prominent representatives of modern Czech prose. His collection contains his manuscripts of radio reflections, which he wrote for Czechoslovak Radio Free Europe. Through his reflections, he tried to face totalitarianism and spiritually strengthen people "at home".

Ort:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1951
Besondere Beispiele:
- Manuscript of radio journal of Jan Čep about book Fox and Camellia

Karl Laantee collection at the Estonian Cultural History Archives

The Karl Laantee collection at the Estonian Cultural History Archive is part of the large archival legacy of Karl Laantee, an émigré Estonian religious activist, and announcer with the Voice of America radio station.

Ort:
- Tartu Vanemuise 42, Estonia 51003
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- Baltic Appeal to the United Nations (BATUN) Instructions

Karl Laantee personal archive at the University of Tartu Library

The collection contains documents about Estonian emigré communities in the West, primarily on political and religious subjects. Additionally, it includes material in the Estonian language about the Voice of America radio station. Furthermore, the collection boasts extensive material about the dissident movement in Estonia in the 1980s.

Ort:
- Tartu Wilhelm Struve 1, Estonia 51003
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- Tape of Ernst Jaakson's Estonian Independence Day Speech

Memory of Nations

The Memory of Nations is an extensive online collection of the memories of witnesses, which is being developed throughout Europe by individuals, organizations, schools and institutions. It preserves and makes available the collections of memories of witnesses who have agreed that their testimony should serve to explore modern history and be publicly accessible. The collection includes testimonies of communism resistance, holocaust survival, artists of alternative culture and underground and many others.

Ort:
- Vodičkova 36, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2008
Besondere Beispiele:
- Testimony of Vratislav Brabec, audio recording

Modor, Ádám Samizdat Collection

Ádám Modor’s bequest offers insights into a chapter of samizdat publishing in the 1980s: the history of the Katalizátor Iroda. The collection presents the various stages in the history of the publisher and represents samizdat publishing as a (counter-)cultural act, as well as a document of the trajectories of a samizdat publisher.

Ort:
- Budapest Pinty utca 22, Hungary 1121
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1984
Besondere Beispiele:
- Bulgakov, Mihail. Heart of a Dog, 1986. Book