Touching1989

A video project collecting personal stories connected to 1989 events in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Jolana Dolejsova-Thompson shared how the students were being given car keys by random strangers to use their cars to deliver the leaflets informing of the strike.
https://t.co/duBz3iIhNK

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'When you don't know anything else, you just get on with it' says Daria Klimentova, why Russian ballerinas were her role models growing up. But now she is able to hold her famous international ballet masterclasses in Prague.
https://t.co/62Jm88sQEB

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Alexander Goldschneider shares his views on Havel and leaders like him that seem to be missing in today's politics.
https://t.co/KCb608vRsb

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The story of Nancy Hawker's family isn't linked only to 1989 but actually stretches all the way to 1947 when her family moved to Czechoslovakia shortly before the communists fully assumed power.

https://t.co/DGJr25jFwz

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Edward Lucas was as one of only a few foreign correspondents in the communist Czechoslovakia under a constant surveillance by the secret police, StB. At least he kept them intrigued by his peculiar orders of lettuce.
https://t.co/Po6xx4wJLm

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David Conway asked his Slovak father-in-law on his view of the historic progress Czechoslovakia has been through - the answer he got was probably not quite what he expected!
https://t.co/WVVEWbBKcI

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Listen to Lucie Wenigerová's recount of the atmosphere of autumn 1989 from the student perspective.

https://t.co/BLS2e9MbEA

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It is important to commemorate the Velvet Revolution even 30 years on and all over the world - Monika Gullerová shares how Czech and Slovak students celebrate at the Oxford University.
https://t.co/xSxjXP5Zje

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How the Velvet Revolution happened - day by day https://t.co/5GrM1zz59t @markbakerprague @SocialismR @HOCommunism @thevieweast @SalfordUni_PCH

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Peter Zusi, Associate Professor of Czech and Comparative Literature at @UCLSSEES, brought home not just memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall but a piece of the wall itself.
https://t.co/MQFq5qRnWR
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Richard Cunningham, who worked at the British Embassy in Prague during the Velvet Revolution, recounts his time at the Embassy during the turbulent revolutionary times of autumn 1989.
https://t.co/GKo25nvz5m

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'Bratříčku, zavírej vrátka' is a famous protest song by Karel Kryl written in response to the 1968 Soviet Invasion to Czechoslovakia. The communist regime persecuted those who listened to the song, just like Julia Sherwood's father.
https://t.co/TI4gpAJgok

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With the 30th anniversary of 17th November 1989 fast approaching. Bohdan Švach explains what the Velvet Revolution means for his generation and what opportunities it made possible.
https://t.co/IZJgefUWtN

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Zuzana Palovic shares her experience of fleeing the regime just months before it collapsed and watching the events unfold as political refugees in Austria.
https://t.co/7rezLSB94t

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Sam Walters recounts his time in Prague on the Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship where he had gone to meet with Havel and instead found himself in the middle of a revolution.
https://t.co/c6czB1m6zt

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Eva Suhajek shared with us the story of her father's time at the Royal College of Art in 1968 - same place where she studies now, thanks to the events of 1989.
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https://t.co/fnl9POxUJW

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"As Slovakia and the Czech Republic prepare to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, a new highlights notable differences in how both countries assess their recent history."

https://t.co/l1t00Bv4Cf

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"It takes people with velvet souls to do a velvet revolution", says @MilaFurstova, who participated as a 14-year-old art student in the demonstrations that led to the resignation of the Communist Party.
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https://t.co/roshJGCsW2

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We are getting ready for opening of the new exhibition 1989 The Velvet Revolution: The End of the Totalitarian Regime in Czechoslovakia at @CzechCentreLnd tomorrow!

RSVP
https://t.co/VgepB6aqpb

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Touching1989 will be part of @CzechCentreLnd upcoming exhibition '1989 The Velvet Revolution: The End of the Totalitarian Regime in Czechoslovakia' opening this Friday 1st November at Vitrínka Gallery.

RSVP link
https://t.co/VgepB6aqpb