The Subject of Operation BUDHA – Charter 77 Signatory Zdeněk Kvítek
The Subject of Operation BUDHA – Charter 77 Signatory Zdeněk Kvítek

Author(s): Jan Kalous
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; communist regime; Operation "BUDHA"; Charter 77; Zdeněk Kvítek; STB; state security; family conflict;
Summary/Abstract: Charter 77 signatory and State Security (StB) officer – the two positions appear to be clearly differentiated and hardly compatible in a totalitarian system. One signs Charter 77 in support of the observance of basic democratic principles. The other is an employee of the organisation that works towards maintaining the totalitarian communist regime, including the persecution of Charter 77 signatories. However, in this story the two worlds came into unexpected and close contact. The father, a StB officer, and the son, a Charter 77 signatory, opposed one another within the same family. How was this unimaginable conflict resolved in the early 1980s?

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