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Jan Patočka and Max van der Stoel in Hotel InterContinental

Tags: archive politics
Creator: milos (Miloš Vojtěchov...)
Submitted: 2017-03-11
Recorded: 1977-03-01
Location: 50.0913°W 14.4183°N
Licence: Creative Commons Licence
Download: jan_patocka_a_max_van_der_stoel.mp3

In 1977, during the visit to communist Czechoslovakia, Maxmilian van der Stoel met with philosopher Jan Patočka, to discuss Charter 77 and human rights in Czechoslovakia. This provoked harsh criticism by the Czechoslovak authorities and president Gustáv Husák cancelled scheduled meeting with van der Stoel. Jan Patočka after heavy interrogation by State police died on March 13, 1977.
The archive recording provided by Dutch journalist DIck Verkijk who initiated the meeting.

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