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Barbara Day (* 1944)

We supported Czechoslovak dissent, but it was not illegal

  • born on June 9th 1944 in the United Kingdom

  • she went to Sheffield Girls High School and graduated from The University of Manchester where she studied Drama

  • from 1965 to 1966, she was on a scholarship in Czechoslovakia

  • in Prague (Praha), she witnessed the invasion of the Warsaw pact forces

  • in 1985, she organised the Bristol Czechfest, a cultural festival

  • since the mid 80s, she had been working with the Jan Hus Educational Foundation

  • she took part in organizing seminars and lectures by Western academics and intellectuals in Czechoslovakia

  • she has been awarded the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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