Red Executor’s Daughter — her pain and her generosity
Prosecutor Karel Vas is known as the Red Executor. He sent innocent people to the gallows in communist Czechoslovakia during the 1950s.
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Looking for a Filmmaker
Before they are all gone, it is my dream to see a documentary with Czech children (now middle-aged) of former non-communist and communist political prisoners from the 1950s, exchanging their stories in front of the camera. It could help to gain insight into their unresolved pain and anger related to the past by the opportunity to listen to the pain of…
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Shining a light on dark family histories
Daughters project finds healing in a harrowing chronicle of imprisonment and survival during the communist era May 28th, 2008 issue By Bibiana Duhárová For the PostWhen dealing with the past, one must count on either returning to the “good old times” or opening old wounds. Ludmila Vaďurová, 64, is looking to do neither. A pleasant, light-spirited woman who spent most…
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‘IF I AM NOT FOR MYSELF, WHO WILL BE FOR ME? ’
Trauma and Identity by Gaby Glassman (Excerpt) Introduction This paper will address some aspects of trauma and look at how trauma has affected four types of survivor in various ways: Current refugee and asylum seekers; Jewish women during the Holocaust; Hidden children; and Survivors of terror under communism.
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The Mother of One of Our Daughters Has Died
When I received a note this morning that Jana Svehlova’s mother, Mrs. Eleonora Roubik (Lola), had died, I experienced severe pain, the kind that is felt physically and emotionally. It is a pain that I felt for the mothers of all the daughters of political prisoners. Suddenly, I realized what our mothers, mommies, moms were capable of doing for us—during those infamous…
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Letter e-mailed to the Editor: The New York Times
“Memo From Prague — 3 Czech Friends, Cast as Heroes and as Murderers” by Dan Bilefsky (June 2, 2008) And what about those left behind? by Jana Svehlova
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Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism
June 3rd, 2008, Prague, Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
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Daughters in the Parliament
Photos by Hana Truncová
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Teacher of the Year
By Jana Svehlova My friend, a gynecologist who specialized in treatment of ovarian cancer, once said: “I influence lives of just a few women, but teachers influence so many lives.” How true when it comes to Hana Duskova, a history professor at a High School in the historical city Hradec Kralove. Hana Duskova was teaching history during the communist regime in…