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NEWSLETTER
5/2024
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LAUNCH OF A NEW BOOK
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Soviet Marshal and his Prague monument

On Monday, May 6, we held a festive launch of a new popularization book by historians Petr Blažek and Jiří Fidler in the hall of Písecká brána in Prague 6.
A recording of the book launch and subsequent discussion with the authors is available on our YouTube channel and at the link below.
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INVITATIONS
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Historical Walk (15 May 2024)
Little Moscow in Prague

We cordially invite you to a historical walk that will lead you around the buildings in Drumenec that were acquired or built by the Soviet Union before and especially after the occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. The vast majority of these buildings are still used by the Russian Federation today.
Start at 17:00.
Debate at the KVH (20 May 2024)
Roundtable as a tool for change:
Snternational Europe in 1989

In the late 1980s, the so-called round tables played a significant role in many Soviet bloc countries as an instrument of political and social change.
In this debate we will look at the causes, forms and consequences of this phenomenon.
We start at 7:00 p.m. at the Václav Havel Library. You are cordially invited!
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Book World '24 (23-26 May 2024)

We look forward to seeing you at this year's World of Books Book Fair and Literary Festival at the Prague Exhibition Centre. We have prepared our news for you. For example, the educational board game Through the Iron Curtain, a new publication dedicated to the issue of Marshal Konev and his Prague monument and other publications at a discounted price. You can find us on the stall map under HA210.
NEW PUBLICATION
Konev
Soviet Marshal and his Prague monument

A new popularization book by historians Petr Blažek and Jiří Fidler presents the life story of Marshal Konev and the context of the creation and removal of his monument in Prague. The statue of Marshal Konev will be a part of the new exhibition of the Museum of Memory of the XXth Century in the House of Pážat at Hradčany. The book can be purchased at the Kosmas bookstore.
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EDUCATIONAL BOARD GAME
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Educational board game
Across the Iron Curtain

A suitable supplement to social studies seminars, history lessons and school club programmes. In the game, students are introduced to thirty stories inspired by the articles of the Declaration of Human Rights and Freedoms. Twentieth Century Memorial Museum offers one free board game and another at a discounted price to schools for educational purposes. The game is also available at the Kosmas bookstore.
BELLS OF MEMORY
Bells of memory in May

The project commemorates personalities who courageously stood up to totalitarian regimes and contributed to the victory of freedom and democracy in our country. ZSt. Nicholas' Cathedral in Prague sounds and will sound at 3:00 p.m.
2nd May for Zbyněk Janata, Ctibor Novák and Václav Šveda
May 10 for Maria B. Žofia Langrova
May 17 for Milena Jesenska
23rd May for Dagmar Šimková
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COLLECTION ITEM OF THE MONTH
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Oval enamel sign National School

The National School, whose sign is in the collections of Twentieth Century Memorial Museum , was founded after 1948 by renaming the municipal school. The name National School was used only until 1953.
TWENTIETH CENTURY MEMORIAL MUSEUM IN THE MEDIA
If you are interested in the media coverage of the Museum of Memory of the XXth Century, we recommend our website with links to specific articles, interviews and reports.
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VIDEO FROM THE MEMORIAL EVENING DEDICATED TO KARL KRYL (12 April 2024)

In a completely full hall of the Libri prohibiti library we sang well-known and less known songs performed by the singer-songwriter Vika Olejárová and Robert Štěpán. The second part of the evening was a debate on the life and work of Karel Kryl. Video recordings are available on our YouTube channel and at the link below.
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EXHIBITION: European GULAG (until 17 November 2024)

The War Memorial Lešetice is
until 17 November 2024, the exhibition European GULAG. The Vojna camp belonged to the complex of forced labour camps at the Czechoslovak uranium mines between 1949 and 1951.
PREPARING
  • On Wednesday , 29 May 2024 at 5:30 pm we invite you to the Přítomnost cinema in Dom RADOST in Prague's Žižkov district for a screening of Pavel Tigrid's The European ( 2004) followed by a debate with the director Helena Třeštíková. The debate will be moderated by historian Kryštof Zeman.
  • On Wednesday 19 June 2024 at 5:30 pm we also invite you to the Přítomnost cinema in the House of Joy to see the film Plastic People of the Universe (2001). After the screening there will be a debate with the director Jana Chytilova and historian and memoirist František Stárek. Moderated by Jan Samohýl.
  • On Tuesday 25 June 2024, we will be holding an opening on Kampa Island for an outdoor exhibition entitled 1984: George Orwell and Czechoslovakia | George Orwell and Czechoslovakia. The exhibition will be open on Kampa Island until 25 September 2024.
Further information will be available on our website www.mpxx.cz.
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