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POLI.LETT.1984.4'.HAVE

Václav Havel: Briefe an Olga. Betrachtungen aus dem Gefängnis.

Aus dem Tschechischen von Joachim Bruss. Fuer die deutsche Sprache bearbeitet von Jiri Grusa, Rowohlt, Hamburg, 1984, 1989

* 1936, Prague

Charge: Anti-Soviet Agitation
Prison: Pilsen-Bory (Map)

Václav Havel's political activities resulted in multiple stays in prison, the longest being four years, and also subjected him to constant government surveillance and harassment. His longest stay in prison, from June 1979 to January 1984, is documented in Letters to Olga, his late wife.

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