Eginald Schlattner Collection at Teutsch Haus Sibiu

Persecuted under communism, Eginald Schlattner emerged after 1989 as one of the most successful writers of the German community in Romania. His personal collection, which contains books, manuscripts, letters, photos and video recordings, reflects his troubled relations with the communist regime.

Ort:
- Sibiu Strada Mitropoliei 30, Romania
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- n.a.
Besondere Beispiele:
- Schlattner, Eginald. Gediegenes Erz, in German, 1956. Manuscript
- Schlattner, Eginald. Tagebuch, in German, n.d. Manuscript

Egon Bondy Collection at the Museum of Czech Literature

This collection of the Czecho-Slovak poet, novelist, playwright, philosopher and “guru” of the Czechoslovak underground, Egon Bondy (real name Zbyněk Fišer, 1930–2007), consists of sources related to the history of the Czechoslovak literary underground and the left-wing opposition to the communist regime.

Ort:
- Strahovské nádvoří 1, 118 38 Praha 1 - Hradčany, Czech Republic
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1984
Besondere Beispiele:
- Bondy, Egon. Buddha, 1968. Manuscript
- Bondy, Egon. The Invalid Siblings, 1974. Manuscript

Ellenpontok Ad-hoc Collection at CNSAS

The Ellenpontok Ad-hoc Collection stored in the CNSAS Archives comprises, besides the records of the Securitate, the written evidences of the system-criticising activity of the samizdat editors and their struggle against the violation of human rights and ethnic discrimination. In addition to the life courses of Transylvanian Hungarian intellectuals monitored during the 1970s and 1980s, the collection offers insight into the working methods applied by the secret police in compliance with the policies of the Party, which envisaged the surveillance of individuals in opposition even after their emigration.

Ort:
- București Strada Matei Basarab 55, Romania 030167
Themen:
Besondere Beispiele:
- Petition from 14 July 1984 Addressed to the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party
- Samizdat issue of Ellenpontok (Counterpoints) No. 7, in Hungarian, September 1982

Ellenpontok–Tóth Private Collection

The Tóth Private Collection in Göteborg comprises the most comprehensive materials related to Ellenpontok (Counterpoints), the Hungarian-language samizdat publication which gained international reputation in the early 1980s due to its resolute fight for human and minority rights in communist Romania. At the same time, the items resulting from the different stages of the Tóth family’s emigrant life (Hungary, Canada, Sweden), such as official documents, manuscripts, sound recordings, photos, private correspondence, and books on minorities, shed light on the cultural efforts undertaken by the collectors in order to improve the situation of those left behind.

Ort:
- Gothenburg Julaftonsgatan 52, Sweden 415 14
Themen:
Gründungsdatum:
- 1984
Besondere Beispiele:

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