Meeting Václav Havel

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… in the house, about four young men and among them a certain Václav Havel, I don't know whether he had a rank or not. … Meeting Václav Havel

Long live Václav Havel!

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… standing behind the policemen and I shouted: ‘Long live Václav Havel!‘ I enjoyed my 15 minutes of fame. People … Long live Václav Havel! …

Meeting Václav Havel for the first time

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… was quite a surprise, but in the end it was just alright. Václav Havel was happy that they managed to outrun the … Meeting Václav Havel for the first time …

Marián Čalfa’s role in the election of President Václav Havel, Part 1

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… Čalfa came along. He sent the messenger, and I convinced Václav Havel to go there. If he hadn’t gone there and Čalfa … now. You have to start acting like a politician. You’re not Václav Havel the dissident any more, and this is my … Marián Čalfa’s role in the election of President Václav Havel, Part 1 …

Josef Krám receives the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk from Václav Havel

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… Masaryk on their behalf in memoriam for Karel Poláček from Václav Havel. It was a great honour for me. It was … Josef Krám receives the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk from Václav Havel

Handing over a message for Václav Havel

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… Adria Palace, to the Občanské Forum (OF - Civic Forum), to Václav Havel. That it was important. So I ran there from the … because he's in a meeting there.' I waited there, then Václav Havel came in, he was absolutely wonderful, kind. He … Handing over a message for Václav Havel

Václav Havel's revolutionary doorman

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… there. I need someone for Havels’ place.’ I did not know Václav Havel, apart from Jirka Černý, I did not know anyone … Václav Havel's revolutionary doorman …

Photos with Václav Havel

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… "Well, one fine day, when our president Václav Havel had already been elected, he came there as a … Photos with Václav Havel

Václav Havel – the (un)crowned king of the Charter 77

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… “Václav Havel was – with a little bit of exxageration – the … be somewhere to be found – a negative. And on it, there is Václav Havel, sitting quite under the weather, with his … Václav Havel – the (un)crowned king of the Charter 77 …

In 1990, Václav Havel's priority was to maintain the new democracy

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… the fact, which illustrates the colour of the time and his [Václav Havel's] sense of the absurd, that we always had a … get together. And in January 1990, maybe still in February, Václav Havel would start every one of those collegiums with … In 1990, Václav Havel's priority was to maintain the new democracy …