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Title: Petruška Šustrová papers, 1953-1997
Date (inclusive): 1953-1997
Collection Number: 2005C57
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Czech
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs, correspondence, and related materials documenting the Czechoslovak dissident movement around Václav Havel in
the 1970s and 1980s, the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the role of the former dissidents in the post-communist government
Creator:
Šustrová, Petruška
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005.
[Identification of item], Petruška Šustrová papers, 1953-1997, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
| 18 May 1947 | Born |
| 1966-1969 | Studied Czech Literature and History at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague |
| December 1969 | Arrested, sentenced on subversion charges, and imprisoned for the two following years |
| 1971 | Released from prison and consequently denied the right to finish her studies at Charles University |
| 1971-1989 | Officially employed at a post office, then later worked as a cleaner, or was officially unemployed |
| 1972-1989 | Involved in the samizdat publishing activities of the Střední Evropa journal, also as a member of the editorial board, and in similar projects |
| December 1976 | Signed Charter 77 (Charta 77) |
| 1985 | Became Speaker of Charter 77 |
| 1979-Present | Member, The Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Persecuted (Výbor na obranu nespravedlivě stíhaných, or VONS) |
| 1989 | Rehabilitated on the charges of subversion from 1969 |
| 1989-1990 | Journalist, Independent Press Center (Nezávislé informační středisko) |
| 1990-1992 | Journalist, the Respekt weekly |
| 1990-1991 | Advisor and later Deputy Minister, Czechoslovak Ministry of Interior |
| 1992-present | Freelance journalist ( Lidové noviny and other periodicals), screenwriter (Czech Television documentaries on Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus) and translator (Paul Johnson's The Birth of the Modern, Norman Davies' The Isles: A History, and Anne Applebaum's Gulag: A History) |
| 1999 | Received the Karel Havlíček Borovský Prize for Journalism from the Czech Literary Fund |
| 1999-2004 | International Observer, elections in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Belarus |
| 2004 | Received the Officer's Merit Cross of the Republic of Poland (Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej) from President Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
Scope and Content of Collection
Photographs, correspondence, and related materials documenting the Czechoslovak dissident movement around Václav Havel in
the 1970s and 1980s, the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and the role of the former dissidents in the post-Communist government.
Stanislav Budín papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Czech subject collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Czechoslovak Independent Publications collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Tomáš Glanc collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Hana Konečná papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Josef Škvorecký papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dissenters -- Czechoslovakia
Civil rights -- Czechoslovakia
Political prisoners -- Czechoslovakia