Conference: Country Houses, a Communal Way of Life in the Underground
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: October 18, 2016, 10:00 – 16:30
After the court trials of Czech underground figures (1976) and the subsequent proclamation of Charter 77, the normalisation regime began to carry out repression against the opposition. Underground types believed that if they were less “visible” they would be able to live freely. They were mistaken. The retreat to the countryside, generally to devastated farm buildings, seemed to be the last acceptable move to the margins.
The conference is primarily focused on everyday life in communes, their joys and sorrows and subsequent repression.
In cooperation with the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes.