The Unknown Milena Jesenská
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: October 27, 2014, 19:00 – 21:00
An evening dedicated to Milena Jesenská, writer, journalist, translator, femme fatale, provocateur, fashionable cosmopolitan, mother, anti-Nazi fighter and prisoner.
The recent discovery of 14 letters and smuggled messages from the period of her imprisonment in Dresden, Prague’s Pankrác and Ravensbrück offers new insights into the final years of her life. The recollections of fellow inmates capture her courage, indomitability and constant willingness to help others. The letters also give us an insight into her inner life…
The programme will be presented by experts on the work of Milena Jesenská, journalist Alena Wagnerová and documentary maker Dora Kaprálová.