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.

Ort:
- Ljubljana Turjaška ulica 1, Slovenia 1000
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- 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.

Ort:
- Madona Skolas iela 12, Latvia LV-4801
Themen:
- Alternative Lebensstile und Eigensinn im Alltag
- nationale Bewegungen (patriotische Opposition)
Gründungsdatum:
- 1944
Besondere Beispiele:
- 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.

Ort:
- Gdańsk, Poland
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2008
Besondere Beispiele:
- Portrait of an Unknown Man by Jacek Fedorowicz
- Sweater of Lech Wałęsa