Interviews at the Czech Catholic Mission in Brookfield, IL

Even at 94, he brings joy to those around him

In the Czech Catholic Mission - with Karel Chrobák, František Schultz, Růžena Tornilová...

From border guard to transferrer

Josef Hasil in 1953

The first meeting on the day of St. Francis, when we finished singing the saint's words (unfortunately fitting for the Hasil family): "Where injustice oppresses, let injustice be endured."

The propaganda film The King of Šumava and Kalčík's book of the same name were also inspired by the story of Josef Hasil. However, the negative character must not be an SNB (National Security Corps - transl.) member in this case.

The King of Šumava on the screens: a propaganda film by Karel Kachyna. A fictional story set in 1948, transferred to the screen in 1959. Josef Hasil did not know of its existence until long afterwards.

He tried to get his fiancée Maria Vávrová, who was pregnant with Hasil's son Josef, into the free world several times. However, she repeatedly refused to leave.

Prisoner Josef Hasil: at the end of 1948 he was sentenced to nine years for the crime of conspiracy against the Republic by the notorious judge Karel Vaš, who was co-responsible for the judicial murder of General Heliodor Píka.

Josef Hasil with his fiancée Maria Vávrová (born 7 August 1931), Josef Hasil as a member of the SNB (National Security Corps - transl.) and a soldier of basic military service

Eva Lustigová s žáky České školy bez hranic v Ženevě, při natáčení pro projekt Příběhy našich sousedů

Eva Lustigová s tatínkem Arnoštem Lustigem, rok 1958

Natalia Vyshnevska during the interview, 2023

Geological practice during the first year of study at Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv. Ozokerite mine in the Lviv region, 1988.

Greenpeace Ukraine campaign to mark the 7th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster and against the development of nuclear power. Kyiv, 1993.

Bus tour of Ukrainian cities with an educational program for children about the importance of waste sorting and recycling, 1996.

Greenpeace Ukraine tour along the Dnipro River on the Moby Dick ship. A stop in Dniprodzerzhynsk (now Kamianske), 1994.

"No to Toxic Waste" protest action against the import of toxic waste from Germany to Ukraine. Kyiv, 1993.

Nataliia Vyshnevska in the third grade (first from the right side, first row) at school No. 53, 1977.

Natalia Vyshnevska in her father's arms in the centre of Kyiv near the former planetarium, 1970.

Greenpeace Ukraine protest action at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, 1994.

Geological practice at Kyiv State University. Pochaiv Monastery, 1988.

On the October Revolution Square (now Independence Square) in Kyiv, 1987.

"Climate is Changing – Time to Act" tour of the National Ecological Centre to collect signatures demanding ratification of the Kyoto Protocol. Yenakiieve city, Donetsk Region, 2003.