Manuscript magazines at the Estonian Cultural History Archives

The collection of manuscript magazines at the Estonian Cultural History Archives reflects the samizdat activities of writers and other cultural figures during Soviet times. It was formed in the 1990s after several donations, mostly from Jaan Isotamm. Nevertheless, the ‘almanac movement’ had numerous authors, outsiders as well as those recognised by the authorities whose works are now available in this collection. The collection contains manuscript magazines, poetry written in refugee camps, and material about religious movements and groups dealing with esoteric issues, etc. It also includes underground almanacs from Soviet times. These handwritten journals were not censored, and contain literary essays and poems, as well as socio-critical writings.

Ort:
- Tartu Vanemuise 42, Estonia 51003
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- Samizdat magazine "Marm"

Margita Múčková Collection

Margita Múčková and her brother actively helped to spread the Gospel on the territory of Slovakia from 1970 onward. Múčková devoted herself to the transcription of samizdats and Christian literature and to their further dissemination. She co-organized secret meetings of young Christian couples and families, as well as spiritual exercises. The purpose of the activities of this secret church network was to raise children in a different spirit than that of the prevailing communist ideology. The collection contains, in particular, spiritual literature, photographs, and audio recordings of secret meetings.

Ort:
- Nová Dedinka 1062, Slovakia 900 29
Themen:
- Samisdat and Tamisdat
- religiöser Aktivismus
Gründungsdatum:
- 1970
Besondere Beispiele:
- Voice recordings

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

Michal Šufliarsky Collection

When Michal Šufliarsky began to collect these items in 1969, his philosophy was that "what is forbidden is good." He worked as an employee of Czechoslovak television in Bratislava in the field of film and television production. His small private collection contains samizdat, recordings of Western music, photos of everyday life during communism, and unique recordings of student events. The activities of Mr. Šufliarsky are a good example of individual rather than political activism.

Mihai Stănescu Caricature Collection

The Mihai Stănescu collection illustrates the portfolio of the most corrosive critic of the communist regime in Romania to come from the community of cartoonists. In the last decades of the Romanian communist regime, cartoons were an efficient weapon of social and political criticism, and Mihai Stănescu was one of the most daring and most well-known exponents of this type of critical discourse.

Ort:
- București Bulevardul Mihail Kogălniceanu 36-46, Romania 050107
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1980
Besondere Beispiele:
- Stănescu, Mihai. Vaporul The Future (The Ship named The Future), 1985. Caricature
- Stănescu, Mihai. Vizită de lucru (Working visit), 1983. Caricature