Interviews Collection of the Oral History Center

The digital collection of the Oral History Center contains more than 2000 interviews with twentieth-century witnesses, which are divided into different themes and topics, thus presenting a unique collection of professionally created interviews and memories, many of which are related to the theme of cultural opposition.

Ort:
- Vlašská 355/9, 118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2000
Besondere Beispiele:
- Interview with Herbert Kisza, 2008.
- Interview with Jiří Gruntorád, 2003.

Interviews about Jewish identity in the 1980s

Ferenc Erős’s interview collection includes in-depth interviews with second-generation Holocaust survivors. This project was one of the first which seeks to revive suppressed memories of the Holocaust and the effects of the psychological strategies used to grapple with these memories and the ways in which trauma are transmitted within families.

Ort:
- Budapest Arany János utca 32, Hungary 1051
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 2012
Besondere Beispiele:
- Interview No. 003 about the Jewish identity

Invisible Society of Soviet-era Lithuania

The collection consists of more than 500 recorded interviews with national (Sąjūdis), dissident and ex-Soviet figures, and from the cultural opposition and informal groups, conducted during two research projects in 2009-2015. It is the biggest database of oral history on the Soviet past in Lithuania.

Ort:
- 01130 Vilnius Vokiečių gatvė 10 , Lithuania
Themen:
- Samisdat and Tamisdat
- Umweltschutz (bspw. anti-Atomkraft Bewegung)
Gründungsdatum:
- 2015
Besondere Beispiele:
- Interview with Albertas Žilinskas

Ion Dumitru Collection at IICCMER

The Ion Dumitru Collection is the richest and most diverse of all the private archives of the Romanian exile community, which makes it indispensable for the study of the history of postwar Romanian exile. The collection is also a fundamental source for documenting and understanding Romania's (domestic and foreign) political, cultural, economic, and social evolution during both the communist and post-communist periods. At the same time, this private archive is a historical source both for understanding how the Bucharest authorities acted to divide the Romanians abroad and to counteract their actions aimed at unmasking the wrondoings of the communist regime between 1948 and 1989 in the West and for how Romanians within the country perceived the emigrant community.

Ort:
- București Strada Alecu Russo 13, Romania 030167
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1961
Besondere Beispiele:
- Letter from Ion Dumitru to Leonid Mămăligă, in Romanian, 8 August 1982, Munich
- Letter from Ion Dumitru to Virgil Veniamin, in Romanian, 23 February 1980, Munich

Ivan Medek Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Ivan Medek (1925-2010) was a prominent Czech music publicist, a signatory of Charter 77 and a founding member of VONS. In 1978 he went into exile, where he founded the Press Service and worked with Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. This collection contains unique documents from his exile activity.

Ort:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1978
Besondere Beispiele:
- Letter of Ivan Medek on founding of Press Service, 1982