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My Last Christmas in Prague,
Kaprová Koleda, Christmas Eve, 1988
I’d like to write a Christmas poem,
Or, better still, a carol.
Dujdaj, dujdaj, dujdaj, da!
“The carp in the tanks,
The tanks in the squares,
The squares in the cities,
The cities in chains”.
Veselme se? Radujme se?
A dying fall of Ryba.
A few months later, a thousand brave people signed their names in support of Havel, at the time of his trial, on 21 February 1989. I noted then:
“The Czechs don’t want a new Mandela
Within the heart of Europe.”
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October 1989:
24 October, 1989:
Prague, Academy of Sciences, 23 November, 1989, the roars and chants of the crowds outside:
At’ žíji herci!
Pravda vitĕze!
Long live Havel!
One minute's silence at noon, Czech time (11 am UK time)
Not the same as being present in St. Vitus' Cathedral:
From Dvořàk's Requiem
More from the Requiem
Havel's Journey and the StB
Stoppard on Havel
Havel at the BC, Prague, 14. 4.1992:
pf 2012 At’ žíji herci!
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