The Tóth Private Collection in Göteborg comprises the most comprehensive materials related to Ellenpontok (Counterpoints), the Hungarian-language samizdat publication which gained international reputation in the early 1980s due to its resolute fight for human and minority rights in communist Romania. At the same time, the items resulting from the different stages of the Tóth family’s emigrant life (Hungary, Canada, Sweden), such as official documents, manuscripts, sound recordings, photos, private correspondence, and books on minorities, shed light on the cultural efforts undertaken by the collectors in order to improve the situation of those left behind.

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Lokacija:
- Gothenburg Julaftonsgatan 52, Sweden 415 14
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 1984
Reprezentativni primjerci:

Elza Rudenāja and Vladislavs Urtāns collection on preservation of local cultural legacy

The Elza Rudenāja and Vladislavs Urtāns collection at the Madona Museum of Local History and Arts shows how much devoted and resourceful people could contribute to the preservation of the local and national culture by working within the system, even in an inhospitable political environment.

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Lokacija:
- Madona Skolas iela 12, Latvia LV-4801
Teme:
- alternativni životni stilovi i otpor u svakodnevnici
- nacionalni pokreti (domoljubna opozicija)
Datum osnivanja:
- 1944
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Photography of Vladislavs Urtāns with pupils of Madon district schools

Erazm Ciołek Papers at the Hoover Institution

Erazm Ciołek was a Polish photojournalist, mostly known for his photographs of the Polish Solidarity movement. The bulk of the collection consists of Ciołek's photographs taken between the birth of Solidarity in 1980 and the collapse of state socialism in Poland in 1989. These works document the legendary strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk in 1980, the martial law period in Poland, opposition protests and demonstrations, the Round Table Talks between the opposition and the party regime, and Solidarity's victory in the partly free elections of 4 June 1989. The remaining photos depict the beginnings of democratic rule in Poland and post-Ceaușescu Romania, which the photographer visited in 1990-91. The collection also includes portfolios of photographic reproductions, flyers and catalogues of Ciołek's exhibitions.

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Lokacija:
- Stanford Galvez Mall 434, United States of America 94305
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 1980
Reprezentativni primjerci:

Erich Loest Archive

The archive contains the literary estate of GDR writer Erich Loest. In 1957 he was sentenced to seven years for "counter-revolutionary group formation". After his release, he wrote crime novels and light fiction under a pseudonym. Soon after he was classified as a "negative and hostile" author by the State Security. Loest was completely politically rehabilitated only in 1990. The estate is managed by the Leipziger Land Cultural and Environmental Foundation. The archive contains personal items, manuscripts, notes, the writer's correspondence and Stasi files.

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Lokacija:
- Leipzig Menckestraße 27, Germany 04155
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 2006
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Hand-notated manuscript of the book Prozesskosten [Legal Costs] (2005)
- Letters from the Deutscher Schriftstellerverband [German Writer’s Union] (1961) and the Public Prosecution Office (1958) to Annelies Loest

Estonian Students' Building Brigade archive at the National Archives of Estonia

The Estonian Student Building Brigade collection contains material about the activities of the Estonian Student Building Brigade, a feature of student life in Soviet Estonia. The activities of this organisation are sometimes described as a free space, which is also reflected by this collection. The documents and artefacts show how students used the summer not only for building work but also for provocative entertainment and irritating the authorities. The Estonian Student Building Brigade has a relatively positive image, and is the only remarkable phenomenon from Soviet times which has ever been celebrated since the restoration of independence.

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Lokacija:
- Tartu Nooruse 3, Estonia 50411
Teme:
Datum osnivanja:
- 1967
Reprezentativni primjerci:
- Badge of the North Region, 1978
- Scenario of a performance, 1982