The Secrets of an Arizona Suitcase
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: April 20, 2015, 19:00 – 21:00
The life of J. A. Holman (1901–1980)
At the beginning of this year a heavy suitcase containing the estate of J. A. Holman made its way from the Arizona desert to the VHL. Why did this happen? And what do the initials stand for – Josef Alfred or Jan Alfred?
Patent winning inventor? Editor in chief of a technical magazine? Bon vivant? Model for advertisements? Automobile racer? Film director? Nazi collaborator? Resistance fighter? Senior post-war Economy Ministry official? Émigré? Representative of the Czechoslovak opposition in exile? Radio Free Europe editor? Most of these and similar questions will be answered during the evening by historian Petr Bednařík (Institute of Contemporary History at the Academy of Sciences, Faculty of Social Science, Charles University). The evening will conclude with J. A. Holman’s controversial 1942 film Velká přehrada (The Great Dam).
In cooperation with the National Film Archive.