Escaping from the Nikolaj Labour Camp by Tunnel
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: November 4, 2015, 19:00 – 21:00
Meeting with Anton Tomík, 1950s political prisoner and the last surviving participant in a breakout from the Nikolaj labour camp in Jáchymov on 6 November 1955.
Thousands of security force officers were deployed in a manhunt for the escapees, all 10 of whom were captured. Tomík himself was shot and seriously wounded. Jan Horník will chair a discussion linked to the 60th anniversary of the escape.