Why? Presentation of a Book by Ana Milić Peclová
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: December 13, 2017, 19:00 – 21:00
After over 40 years Proč? (Why?), a book of memoires by a woman who enjoyed years of contentment in Czechoslovakia before suffering the cruelty of the post-1948 regime, is reaching Czech readers. The Sarajevo-born Ana Milić Peclová was the wife of Dr. Oldřich Pecl, one of four people executed in the trial of “Dr. Milada Horáková et al”. She published her memoires in 1975 but only now have they become available to Czech readers.
Ana Milić Peclová was detained a month after the arrest of Oldřich Pecl and held in custody unlawfully for 14 months. She was then “expelled” to Austrian territory without being informed of the fate of her husband. After years of futile hopes, she failed in her efforts to have him rehabilitated and his property returned. The Czech edition, richly embellished with notes and appendices, is a step toward the symbolic rehabilitation of the married pair.
Petruška Šustrová and Libor Svoboda will introduce the book in the presence of the editorial team.
Hana Kofránková will read part of the book.