Messengers of the Free Word
Paris – Prague – Warsaw, 1968–1971
Bartosz Kaliski author Jaroslaw Fazan editor Yelizaveta Crofts editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Peter Lang AG
Published:10th Nov '20
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The book presents an important and well known but so far not described episode in the history of banned books in the communist Poland – the activity of the so-called Tatra climbers. They were students and scholars from Warsaw, who initiated a risky cooperation with the centre of Polish political emigration in Paris – Kultura monthly. Inspired by the Prague Spring they tried to develop cooperation between the students from Eastern Bloc countries, smuggled books through the Polish-Slovak border, and gathered texts critical about communist rulers. After a few months, their activity was stopped by the Polish political police. The monograph shows the circumstances and motivations behind this dangerous activity of young people, traces the police investigation against them, and describes the mock trial in 1970.
ISBN: 9783631818763
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 459g
300 pages
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