Invisible Society of Soviet-era Lithuania

The collection consists of more than 500 recorded interviews with national (Sąjūdis), dissident and ex-Soviet figures, and from the cultural opposition and informal groups, conducted during two research projects in 2009-2015. It is the biggest database of oral history on the Soviet past in Lithuania.

Location:
- 01130 Vilnius Vokiečių gatvė 10 , Lithuania
Topics:
- environmental protection (e.g. antinuclear movement)
- samizdat and tamizdat
Date of founding:
- 2015
Featured items:
- Interview with Albertas Žilinskas

Ion Dumitru Collection at IICCMER

The Ion Dumitru Collection is the richest and most diverse of all the private archives of the Romanian exile community, which makes it indispensable for the study of the history of postwar Romanian exile. The collection is also a fundamental source for documenting and understanding Romania's (domestic and foreign) political, cultural, economic, and social evolution during both the communist and post-communist periods. At the same time, this private archive is a historical source both for understanding how the Bucharest authorities acted to divide the Romanians abroad and to counteract their actions aimed at unmasking the wrondoings of the communist regime between 1948 and 1989 in the West and for how Romanians within the country perceived the emigrant community.

Location:
- București Strada Alecu Russo 13, Romania 030167
Topics:
Date of founding:
- 1961
Featured items:
- Letter from Ion Dumitru to Leonid Mămăligă, in Romanian, 8 August 1982, Munich
- Letter from Ion Dumitru to Virgil Veniamin, in Romanian, 23 February 1980, Munich

Ivan Medek Collection of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre

Ivan Medek (1925-2010) was a prominent Czech music publicist, a signatory of Charter 77 and a founding member of VONS. In 1978 he went into exile, where he founded the Press Service and worked with Voice of America and Radio Free Europe. This collection contains unique documents from his exile activity.

Location:
- Na Zátorách 6, 170 00 Praha 7 - Holešovice, Czech Republic
Topics:
Date of founding:
- 1978
Featured items:
- Letter of Ivan Medek on founding of Press Service, 1982

Jan Hus Educational Foundation Collection

The Jan Hus Educational Foundation's collection presents an extraordinary set of materials documenting a work of a British organization focusing on supporting of cultural opposition in Czechoslovakia, mainly through underground university, scholarships, and the publication and translation of forbidden or unaccessable books.

Location:
- Hudcova 76, 612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Topics:
Date of founding:
- 1980
Featured items:
- Travel reports of the Foundation´s lecturers and members about their visits of Czechoslovakia

Jan Patočka Archives

The Jan Patočka Archives (AJP) studies and interprets the philosophical heritage of the Czech philosopher and dissident Jan Patočka (1907-1977). AJP is led by Patočkaʼs pupils and is a unique institute working with Patočkaʼs original texts and also with the attendees of his lectures.

Location:
- Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
Topics:
Date of founding:
- 1990
Featured items:
- Jan Patočka and Max van der Stoel - audio recording of meeting 1.3.1977, Hotel InterContinental
- Jan Patočka. Does History Have a Meaning?, 1975. Typescript