From January 2023, the Museum of the Memory of the Twentieth Century will send out a newsletter with invitations to upcoming events and trailers for videos and new publications. It also publishes additions to the museum's collections with short stories and commemorates anniversaries that should not be overlooked. On this page you will find an archive of the newsletters sent out. If you are interested in receiving the newsletter in your inbox, please email us at katerina.machu@mpxx.cz.
2024
Newsletter No. 12 (December 2024) - P.F. 2025, invitation to the Club of Friends, invitation to the January launch of a new book on Egon Bondy and the StB, video recording of a seminar on Prof. Robert Kvacek, video recording of a seminar on jazz and swing during totalitarianism, video recording of a seminar on parallels between the post-1989 developments in the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
Newsletter No. 11 (November 2024) - invitations to the November debates and the exhibition So Where Are the Americans?; a look back at the Unbreakable and Sacrificed festival and the seminars that preceded it; partner tip: the conference (Not) Coming to Terms with the Communist Past.
Newsletter No. 10 (October 2024) - invitation to the accompanying seminars of the Unbreakable and Sacrificed festival; introduction of the 5th year of the Unbreakable and Sacrificed festival, selection from the festival programme; video recording of debates on the SNP and Pavel Tigrid, video recording from the opening of the exhibition 1984: George Orwell and Czechoslovakia; invitation to the planned November events.
Newsletter No. 9 (September 2024) - Invitation to the opening of the exhibition 1984: George Orwell and Czechoslovakia and the accompanying events to the outdoor exhibition on Pavel Tigrid; offers of projects for schools; new publication TIGRID: Journalist, Exile and Politician and a video of the opening of the exhibition of the same name; a look back at the NeverMore 68 and the Summer School for Teachers.
Newsletter No. 8 (August 2024) - invitation to the opening of the outdoor exhibition TIGRID: Journalist, Exile and Politician, which will take place on 2. September at 2 pm at Mariánské náměstí (Prague 1); invitation to a debate with Hana Kordová Marvana and to the MPXX sales stand at the NeverMore 68 event at the Prague Exhibition Grounds; video recording from the opening of the exhibition 1984: George Orwell and Czechoslovakia; a look back at past events and invitations to exhibitions currently underway.
Newsletter / Museum publications (July 2024) - The specially published Newsletter on selected museum publications presents new and older titles published by the Museum of 20th Century Memory. In addition to books and exhibition catalogues, it also reports on the second expanded edition of the board game Across the Iron Curtain, which MPXX collaborated on, and invites you to listen to the History and Context podcast.
Newsletter No. 6-7 (June-July 2024) - invitation to the outdoor exhibition 1984: George Orwell and Czechoslovakia, on view until 25 June 2024. September 2024 in Kampa Park (Prague 1, opposite Werich's Villa), information on the newly published catalogue of the same name, a video and photo gallery from the film screening of Escape to Berlin at the Přítomnost cinema, a look back at past events, and an invitation to an exhibition dedicated to Pavel Tigrid, which will be on view from 2 September 2024 at Mariánské náměstí in Prague.
Newsletter No. 5 (May 2024) - video and photo gallery from the launch of a new book about Marshal Konev and his Prague monument (Konev. The Soviet Marshal and his Prague Monument), invitation to a historical walk called Little Moscow in Prague on 15 May 2024, invitation to the KVH for a debate on the phenomenon of round tables on 20 May 2024. May 2024, an invitation to the World of Books fair at the Prague Exhibition Grounds, where the Museum of Memory of the XXth Century will present its new products, a video recording of the memorial evening dedicated to Karel Kryl, Bells of Memory, the collection item of the month, media coverage, events planned for June 2024.
Newsletter No. 4 (April 2024) - the election of the director of the Museum of Memory of the XXth Century, a commemorative evening dedicated to Karel Kryl, 90 years of (in)freedom with the House of Joy, Bells of Memory, the collection item of the month, media coverage, the new XX revue, a recording of a seminar dedicated to the personality of Marshal Radetzky and his Prague monument, a recording of a debate on Josef Čapek, events planned for May 2024.
Newsletter No. 3 (March 2024) - Debate on Josef Čapek, Exhibition on JUDr. Bedřich Hostička, Podcast series History and Context, Board Game Through the Iron Curtain, 90 Years of (In)Freedom with Dom RADOST, Bells of Memory, Collection Object of the Month, Media Coverage, Record of the conference Crimes of Communism, Photo Gallery from the Debate on Jan Zajic, Exhibition European GULAG, Outlook for April 2024.
Newsletter No. 2 (February 2024) - seminar Crimes of Communism, debate on Jan Zajic and the Living Torches in 1969, Bells of Memory, collection item of the month, Unbreakable and Sacrificed 2024 film festival, media coverage, recording of the debate on V. I. Lenin.
Newsletter No. 1 (January 2024) - reconstruction of the House of Pážat, guide Jan Palach and Prague places of memory, Bells of Memory, debate on Lenin, looking back at the 4th year of the festival Unbreakable and Sacrificed, etc.
2023
Newsletter No. 8 (December 2023 - Remembering Bořivoj Čelovský, the board game Through the Iron Curtain, video recordings from the festival, field telephone, etc.)
Newsletter No. 7 (September 2023 - exhibition Eyes of the State Security, festival Unbreakable and Sacrificed; Summer School for Teachers in Lošany, T-shirts with Soviet tanks, etc.)
Newsletter No. 6 ( July-August 2023 - Our exhibitions at the summer apartment; catalogue for the European GULAG; death of Milan Kundera; festival annotation, etc.)
Newsletter No. 5 (June 2023 - Defiant Women in the Era of Normalization; Jan Palach and Prague's Places of Memory; Open Day at the House of Pážat, Hungry Crown, etc.)
Newsletter No. 4 (April 2023 - Touches of the Underground and Břevnov with Čuňas; Execution of a Flower; European GULAG; Typewriter from Free Europe; Interview with Jolyon Naegele, etc.)
Newsletter No. 3 (March 2023 - Pardubice Memory Expositions; Ďáblice and Other Secret Burial Grounds; Remembering Karel Kryl; Debate on Old Town Square, etc.)
Newsletter No. 2 (February 2023 - Gusen extermination camp; yearbook Revue XX; 1953. The end of Stalinism?; Sergei Voytsekhovsky's medallion, etc.)
Newsletter No. 1 (January 2023 - Book Czech Uprising in May 1945; student conference Go Home, Ivan; Morávek's Window, etc.)