Those Who Remained... The Families of Political Prisoners in Memoirs and Documents

This event will shed light on one of the still-neglected impacts of political imprisonment in Czechoslovakia from the 1950s to the 1980s: the stories and experiences of the loved ones of political prisoners who remained “free” and were forced to cope with the imprisonment of their partners, parents, grandparents, children and friends. The evening will feature excerpts from memoirs, letters and other sources. It will be hosted by literary historians Petra Loučová and Barbora Švýcarská from the Institute of Czech Literature at the Czech Academy of Sciences.