Rebels from the cave_A study of the fate of the protagonist of anti-occupation activities in 1969 in north Bohemia Cover Image

Rebelové z jeskyně. Sonda do osudu aktérů protiokupačních aktivit v roce 1969 na severu Čech
Rebels from the cave_A study of the fate of the protagonist of anti-occupation activities in 1969 in north Bohemia

Author(s): Lukáš Cvrček
Subject(s): History
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů

Summary/Abstract: Using the example of the activities of three friends from the village of Bozkov na Semilsku the author depicts the social atmosphere of the twilight of the Prague Spring and the advent of “normalisation” (as the ensuing period of communist entrenchment is known). Lubomír Dolenský, Stanislav Doubek and Miroslav Jeník were definitely not reconciled to the occupation by Warsaw Pact forces in August 1968 or to the events that followed, and they made their opposition clear within the scope of the options open to them and to the best of their abilities. Opposition to the regime and the occupants came to a head at the time of the first anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia, when they participated in demonstrations and clashes with the police and the People’s Militia, which resulted in subsequent police prosecution, ending in 1970 with a five-month prison sentence.

  • Issue Year: IV/2010
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 3-19
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Czech