Voices of Freedom – Radio Free Europe in the Cold War Era

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  • Exhibition design: Zuzana Jürgens (Czech Center, Munich), Prokop Tomek (Military History Institute, Prague)
  • Exhibition texts: Prokop Tomek
  • Production: Lukáš Jiřička, Michal Hroza
  • Layout: Jaroslav Ježek
  • Translation: Coilín O’Connor
  • Film interviews and portraits: Nasiba Abbasova, Annelie Bachmaier, Margarethe Barié, Maria Dokic, Patricia Erkenberg, Mariya Heinbockel, Almut Karl, Monika Kindermann, Lisa Kitter, Iryna Lukashuk, Susanne Paul, Thomas Rabl, Maria Romanski, Sandra Szczesniak, Annik Trauzettel, David Wenig (Students of the Honours Master’s Programme East European Studies at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the University of Regensburg) led by Ruth Schneider and Raoul Eshelman
  • Organiser: Czech Centres – Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes – Honours Master’s Programme East European Studies (LMU/UR) – Collegium Carolinum
  • Thanks to: Petr Brod, Anneli Ute Gabanyi, Leszek Gawlikowski, Ludmil Janev, Jenny Keiser, Nina Kozlowski, Aleksander Menhard, Renata Rosenbusch, Kristina Váňová, the Monument of Karel Čapek, RFE/RL – Archive of the Russian desk

Opening of the Exhibition (Sofia, 5 April 2012)

On 5 April 2012, the opening of the English version of the exhibition Voices of Freedom – Radio Free Europe in the Cold War Era was held  at the Czech Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. The exhibition was opened by the director of the Czech Center in Sofia, Kateřina Churtajeva, and the director of the Publishing Department of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Michal Hroza. The exhibition was prepared through the collaboration of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes and the Czech Center in Sofia. There was also a screening of a  documentary called Cold Waves which was dedicated to the Radio Free Europe. The film was directed by Alexandru Solomon from Romania.


Opening of the Exhibition (Bucharest, 12 March 2012 )

On 12 March 2012 the opening of the English version of the exhibition Voices of Freedom – Radio Free Europe in the Cold War Era was held at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Bucharest. The opening was accompanied by a panel discussion titled Radio Free Europe: its impact and influence on present, attended by Pavel Žáček from the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prokop Tomek from the Military History Institute, Slawomir Lukasiewicz from the Polish Intitute of National Remembrance and sociologist from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Bucharest, Oana-Valentina Suciu, in the role of moderator. The exhibition, which was prepared through the collaboration of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Czech Centre in Bucharest and the Faculty of Political Studies, was part of the film festival One World. There was also a screening of a  documentary called Cold Waves which was dedicated to the Radio Free Europe. The film was directed by Alexandru Solomon from Romania. The exhibition is held under the auspices of the Ambassador of the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary and Poland.


Opening of the Exhibition (Kranj, 10 January 2012)

The English version of the exhibition Voices of Freedom – Radio Free Europe in the Cold War Era was opened in Gorenjski Museum in Kranj (Slovenia) on 10 January 2012. Exhibition was prepared by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes together with the Czech Center in Munich, Military History Institute, Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität in Munich and Study Center for National Reconciliation in Ljubljana. The exhibition was opened by the director of Gorenjski Museum Marija Ogrin, the director of Study Center for National Reconcilation Andrea Valič, the director of Editorial Deparment of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes Michal Hroza and the deputy Major of city Kranj Bojan Homan. The exhibition is held under the auspices of the Major of city Kranj Mohor Bogataj and the Ambassador of Czech Republic in Slovenia Dr. Petr Voznica.

Opening of the Exhibition (Munich, 29 June 2011)

The exhibition Voices of Freedom – Radio Free Europe in the Cold War Era co-organized by the Institute for the Study of the Totalitarian Regimes was opened at the Bavarian State Assembly in Munich on 29 June 2011. The Czech Centre in Munich, Military History Institute in Prague and Ludwg-Maxmilians Universität in Munich also collaborated on the project. The exhibition was opened by 1st Vice-President of the Bavarian State Assembly Reinhold Bocklet, Czech ambassador in Germany Rudolf Jindrák, general consul of the Czech Republic in Germany Josef Hlobil, Director of the Czech Centre in Munich Zuzana Jürgens and 1st Deputy-Director of the Institute for the Study of the Totalitarian Regimes Jan Kalous. The exhibition is co-sponsored by the Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel Schwarzenberg and the Prime Minister of Bavaria Horst Seehofer.