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V·ûenÌ Ëten·¯i,

cÌlem tÈto publikace je p¯ipomenout v souhrnnÈ formÏ z·-sluhy v˝jimeËn˝ch osobnostÌ a organizacÌ, kterÈ se zvl·öù v˝-raznÏ podÌlely Ëi podÌlejÌ na öÌ¯enÌ dobrÈho jmÈna »eskÈ re-publiky v zahraniËÌ.

Po roce 1989 vznikla v naöÌ zemi ¯ada prestiûnÌch ocenÏnÌ,kter˝mi bylo postupnÏ zaplÚov·no vakuum z doby komunistic-kÈ diktatury. MnozÌ obÏtavÌ lidÈ, kte¯Ì se svou pracÌ zaslouûilio vÏhlas Ëesk˝ch rukou a myölenek, za minulÈho reûimu sklÌze-li jen nevdÏk. K odstranÏnÌ ñ Ëi alespoÚ zmÌrnÏnÌ ñ tÈto ab-surdnÌ nespravedlnosti se pokusilo p¯ispÏt takÈ MinisterstvozahraniËnÌch vÏcÌ. V roce 1997 z¯Ìdilo Cenu Gratias agit, kte-rou pravidelnÏ Ñvzd·v· dÌkyì jejÌm laure·t˘m.

MnozÌ z ocenÏn˝ch jsou naöi krajanÈ, kterÈ sice osud zav·ldo vöech kout˘ svÏta, p¯esto vöak nikdy nezapomnÏli na sv˘jp˘vod, vûdy se k nÏmu hrdÏ hl·sili a öÌ¯ili sl·vu malÈ zemÏv srdci Evropy, jejÌû velikost se nemÏ¯Ì rozlohou ani poËtemobyvatel. Zvl·ötnÌ podÏkov·nÌ pat¯Ì p¯·tel˘m »eskÈ republiky,kte¯Ì vedle svÈ profese, bez n·roku na odmÏnu, ve volnÈm Ëasepropagovali Ëi propagujÌ naöi vlast a pomohli ji v˝raznou mÏ-rou zviditelnit na mapÏ svÏta. Hlubokou ˙ctu si zaslouûÌ takÈmnoh· zahraniËnÌ i tuzemsk· obËansk· sdruûenÌ v neziskovÈmsektoru, kter· posilujÌ porozumÏnÌ a p¯·telstvÌ mezi p¯ÌsluönÌkynaöeho a jin˝ch n·rod˘.

Velmi si v·ûÌme kaûdÈ individu·lnÌ iniciativy ve prospÏchnaöÌ zemÏ, rozvoje hnutÌ krajan˘ a p¯·tel »eskÈ republiky vesvÏtÏ, stejnÏ jako nadöenÌ tuzemsk˝ch organizacÌ Ëi spolk˘ za-mÏ¯en˝ch na zlepöov·nÌ vz·jemn˝ch mezilidsk˝ch vztah˘ vespojitosti se jmÈnem »eskÈ republiky. V razem tÈto ˙cty je mi-mo jinÈ kaûdoroËnÌ p¯ed·nÌ k¯iöù·lovÈho glÛbusu zaslouûil˝mosobnostem a organizacÌm, kterÈ nejv˝znamnÏjöÌm zp˘sobemzviditelÚujÌ »eskou republiku v zahraniËÌ.

CY R I L SV O B O D A

mÌstop¯edseda vl·dy a ministr zahraniËnÌch vÏcÌ

Dear readers,

The purpose of this publication is to commemorate, synopti-cally, the meritorious actions of exceptional personalities andorganizations which have made a significant contribution to thepromotion of the Czech Republic abroad.

After 1989, a number of prestigious prizes were establishedin our country which gradually filled the void from the time ofthe Communist dictatorship. Many self-sacrificing people whorendered outstanding services promoting the eminence of Czechcrafts and ideas earned only ingratitude under the previous re-gime. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has tried to help elimina-te, or at least lessen, this absurd injustice. In 1997, the Minist-ry established the Gratias Agit Award as a means of regularlyextending thanks to the laureates.

Many of the awarded are compatriots who have ended up inall corners of the world, but who have never forgotten their ori-gin and have proclaimed their Czechness proudly, raising thefame of a small country in the heart of Europe, the greatness ofwhich cannot be measured in square kilometres or number ofinhabitants. We owe special gratitude to the friends of the CzechRepublic who, besides their professional engagement and withno expectations of material gain, have spent their free time pro-moting the Czech Republic and helping to raise its profile on themap of the world. The many foreign and domestic civic associ-ations in the non-profit sector which strive to foster understan-ding and friendship between Czech and foreign nationals alsodeserve our deep respect.

We are most appreciative of any individual initiative inten-ded to benefit our country, the activities of compatriots andfriends of the Czech Republic throughout the world, and theenthusiasm of local organizations and associations focused onimproving interpersonal relationships in connection with theCzech Republic. We express our respect inter alia in the an-nual award of a crystal globe to persons and organizations ofoutstanding merit who have made the most significant contri-bution to the raising of the Czech Republicís profile abroad.

CY R I L SV O B O D A

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs



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� 1997 �

Ing. Zorica Dubovsk·, »R ñ propag·torka p¯·telstvÌ a kulturnÌ v˝-mÏny s IndonÈsiÌ

Prof. Emil Friedman, Venezuela ñ hudebnÌ interpret a pedagog,populariz·tor ËeskÈ hudby v LatinskÈ Americe

Wendy Luersov·, USA ñ zakladatelka americko-ËeskÈ Nadace proobËanskou spoleËnost

Andrew Valuchek (in memoriam), USA ñ vydavatel krajansk˝chnovin, zast·nce ËeskÈ vÏci ve Washingtonu

»esk· jednotka SFOR v b˝valÈ Jugosl·vii, »R»lovÏk v tÌsni, spol. p¯i »eskÈ televizi, o. p. s., »R

� 1998 �

Dashdorjiin Altangerel, Mongolsko ñ prezident Asociace mongol-sk˝ch absolvent˘ Ëesk˝ch a slovensk˝ch ökol a kurz˘

P·ter ZdenÏk »Ìûkovsk˝, JAR, »R ñ Ëesk˝ mision·¯ v AfriceEva Markusov·-RoubÌËkov· de MÈndez, Guatemala ñ honor·rnÌ

konzulka »R, v˘dËÌ osobnost guatemalsko-Ëesk˝ch styk˘Meda Ml·dkov·, USA ñ podporovatelka ËeskÈho umÏnÌDr. Herbert Neumayer, Rakousko ñ aktivnÌ propag·tor rakousko-

Ëesk˝ch vztah˘Dr. Miloslav RechcÌgl, USA ñ p¯edseda »eskoslovenskÈ spoleË-

nosti pro vÏdy a umÏnÌ (SVU) se sÌdlem v USASt·Úa är·mkov·, »R ñ japanoloûka, pr˘kopnice p¯·telsk˝ch styk˘

s japonskou ve¯ejnostÌKarel a Olga Velanovi, Kanada ñ podnikatelÈ a mecen·öi ËeskÈ

kultury v KanadÏDr. h. c. Milan Vyhn·lek, Austr·lie ñ podnikatel, v˝znaËn˝ krajan

v Tasm·niiMargareta Waldsteinov·-Wartenbergov·, Rakousko, »R ñ prezi-

dentka »eskÈ maltÈzskÈ pomoci Mgr. Sri Kumar Vishwanathan, Indie, »R ñ soci·lnÌ pracovnÌk

mezi moravsk˝mi RomyAmeriËtÌ p¯·telÈ »eskÈ republiky, USA»esko-italskÈ kulturnÌ centrum Doba v TurÌnÏ, It·lie Svaz spolk˘ »ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ve äv˝carsku, äv˝carsko

� 1999 �

Gauthier Coussement, Belgie ñ kulturnÌ pracovnÌk zamÏ¯en˝ naspolupr·ci s »R

Lady Milena Grenfell-Bainesov·, Velk· Brit·nie ñ osobnost v˝-raznÏ p¯ispÌvajÌcÌ k propagaci »R ve VelkÈ Brit·nii, Ëeln· p¯ed-stavitelka krajanskÈ komunity

MUDr. Walter Kotrba, SRN ñ aktivnÌ zast·nce nÏmecko-ËeskÈhoporozumÏnÌ

Alan Levy, USA, »R ñ americk˝ kronik·¯ PraûskÈho jara 68, öÈf-redaktor The Prague Post

Josef Matuöek, Chorvatsko ñ v˝znamn˝ krajan, kronik·¯ ËeskÈ ob-ce v Chorvatsku

Eva MarenË·kov·, Lucembursko ñ zakladatelka neform·lnÌhoËeskÈho kulturnÌho a informaËnÌho st¯ediska v Lucemburku

Graham Melville-Mason, Velk· Brit·nie ñ populariz·tor ËeskÈklasickÈ hudby

Milan Platovsk˝ Stein, Chile ñ podnikatel, podporovatel Ëesko-chilsk˝ch styk˘

Barbara Lee Podoski, USA ñ angaûovan· Ëesk· krajanka v USA,proslaven· hrdinstvÌm z druhÈ svÏtovÈ v·lky

Masahiro Yamamoto, Japonsko ñ podnikatel, zakladatel Ñ»eskÈvesniceì v Japonsku

Lubor J. Zink, Kanada ñ Ëesk˝ exilov˝ publicista

� 2000 �

Old¯ich Haselman, Francie ñ pracovnÌk mezin·rodnÌch organizacÌ,zast·nce pr·v »ech˘, kte¯Ì po ˙noru 1948 a srpnu 1968 opustilivlast

Inge Bro J/orgensenov·, D·nsko ñ spisovatelka propagujÌcÌ ËeskÈkulturnÏ-historickÈ re·lie

Fred Kala, USA ñ dlouholet˝ aktivista AmerickÈho SokolaDr. h. c. prof. Sergej VasiljeviË Nikolskij, DrSc., Rusko ñ liter·r-

nÌ vÏdec, kter˝ se zaslouûil o publikaËnÌ rehabilitaci Karla »ap-ka v dobÏ totality

Francisco Otta, Chile ñ v˝tvarnÌk a krajansk˝ aktivistaJan Pol·öek, ävÈdsko ñ architekt a spoluzakladatel SdruûenÌ svo-

bodn˝ch »ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ve ävÈdsku Vladislav Slavik, USA ñ sokolsk˝ aktivista v USAAkad. arch. Petr Str·nsk˝, äv˝carsko ñ p¯edseda öv˝carskÈho

spolku k z·chranÏ kulturnÌho dÏdictvÌ v »RProf. VilÈm Tausk˝, Velk· Brit·nie ñ v˝znamn˝ britsk˝ hudebnÌk

ËeskÈho p˘voduJaroslav Vrzala, Francie ñ k¯esùansk˝ exilov˝ publicista a politikJUDr. Fernand Z¸rn, Lucembursko ñ pr˘kopnÌk novodob˝ch lu-

cembursko-Ëesk˝ch kontakt˘»esk· vzdÏl·vacÌ nadace v Texasu, USASokol Sydney, Austr·lie Unik·tnÌ projekty, »R ñ obËanskÈ sdruûenÌ pom·hajÌcÌ handica-

povan˝m dÏtem

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� 2001 �

Dr. April Carterov·, Velk· Brit·nie ñ aktivistka za lidsk· a obËan-sk· pr·va

Ing. Alexandr Drbal, Ukrajina ñ udrûovatel tradice »esk˝ch brat¯Ìna UkrajinÏ

Fernand Halbart, Belgie ñ prezident Belgicko-lucemburskÈ ob-chodnÌ komory pro »R

Ing. Herbert Klement, Rakousko ñ podnikatel, organiz·tor p¯es-hraniËnÌ spolupr·ce

Prof. Mustafa Krantja, Alb·nie ñ öi¯itel ËeskÈ hudby na Balk·nÏIng. Aleö Mach·Ëek, »R ñ p¯edlistopadov˝ disident, spolupracov-

nÌk agentury Palach PressRichard Molineux, Velk· Brit·nie ñ charitativnÌ pracovnÌk pom·-

hajÌcÌ Ës. disentu v dobÏ normalizaceEwald Osers, Velk· Brit·nie ñ kulturnÌ publicista, p¯ekladatel Ëes-

kÈ literaturyJan PiveËka, »R ñ podnikatel, mezin·rodnÏ uzn·van˝ obuvnick˝

expert, filantropProf. dr. Keitha Sapsin-Fineov·, USA ñ zakladatelka nadace East

European Cultural EndowmentDr. h. c. prof. Larisa Pavlovna Solncevov·, Rusko ñ Ëlenka Spo-

leËnosti brat¯Ì »apk˘, odbornice na ËeskÈ divadloNathan Karol Steiner, Izrael ñ p¯edseda SdruûenÌ p¯istÏhovalc˘

z »eskoslovenska, inici·tor izraelsko-Ëesko-slovenskÈ spolu-pr·ce

Prof. Viktorie ävihlÌkov·, Rakousko ñ hudebnÌ pedagoûka p¯ed·-vajÌcÌ zahraniËnÌ zkuöenosti Ëesk˝m dÏtem

Asociace Olgy HavlovÈ, Francie Spolek na podporu »eskÈ vesnice v BerlÌnÏ-Neukˆllnu, SRN

� 2002 �

Prof. Karel »Ìûek, ÿecko ñ v˝znamn˝ p¯ekladatel modernÌ ËeskÈ li-teratury do ¯eËtiny

JUDr. Milan Kantor, Austr·lie ñ zakladatel krajansk˝ch nadacÌv Melbourne

Prof. Ferdinand Kinsk˝, Francie ñ odbornÌk na mezin·rodnÌ vzta-hy, Ëesko-francouzsk˝ propag·tor evropanstvÌ

P·ter V·clav Maöek, Rumunsko ñ krajansk˝ duchovnÌ v rumun-skÈm Ban·tu

Prof. Bohumil Med, BrazÌlie ñ p¯edseda Brazilsko-ËeskÈ kulturnÌspoleËnosti

Ing. V·clav Pavelka, Kanada ñ zakladatel ˙spÏönÈho klubu krajan-sk˝ch senior˘

Prof. Ing. arch. Jan Hird Pokorn˝, USA ñ architekt a krajansk˝aktivista, kter˝ se zaslouûil o zachov·nÌ N·rodnÌ budovy v NewYorku

Prof. Jan Rubeö, Belgie ñ zakladatel a p¯ednÌ p¯edstavitel oborubohemistiky v Belgi

Mgr. Radko Tichavsk˝, Mexiko ñ honor·rnÌ konzul »R, vöestran-n˝ inici·tor styk˘ mezi obËany Mexika a »R

Robert Vogel, SRN ñ gener·lnÌ honor·rnÌ konzul »R v Hamburku,architekt Ëesko-nÏmeckÈho sblÌûenÌ

Carolinum, spolek absolvent˘ a p¯·tel Univerzity Karlovyv Praze, »R

Region·lnÌ organizace »eskÈho spolku na Slovensku v KoöicÌch,Slovensko

Svaz »ech˘ v ChorvatskÈ republice, Chorvatsko.

� 2003 �

Ruth Bondyov·, Izrael ñ p¯ekladatelka ËeskÈ literaturyTonio Casapinta, Malta ñ honor·rnÌ konzul »R, organiz·tor Ëesko-

maltsk˝ch styk˘Dr. Old¯ich »ern˝, äv˝carsko ñ Ëeln˝ p¯edstavitel Svazu spolk˘

»ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ve äv˝carskuGuy Erisman, Francie ñ populariz·tor ËeskÈ hudby ve FranciiMaria Goretti Quadros, Indie ñ mezin·rodnÌ charitativnÌ pracov-

nice, ˙spÏönÏ angaûujÌcÌ obËany »RIgor VladimiroviË Ivanov a doc. Irina Makarovna PoroËkino-

v·, CSc., Rusko ñ p¯ekladatelÈ a propag·to¯i ËeskÈ literaturyv Rusku

Helmut Kˆser, SRN ñ zakladatel nadace Most, podporovatel snaho Ëesko-nÏmeckÈ porozumÏnÌ

Miroslav Paulik (in memoriam), Nov˝ ZÈland ñ b˝v. honor·rnÌkonzul »R, p¯edstavitel krajanskÈho ûivota na NovÈm ZÈlandÏ

Peter A. Rafaeli, USA ñ gener·lnÌ honor·rnÌ konzul »R, organiz·-tor kampanÏ za p¯ijetÌ »R do NATO

Jaroslav äonsk˝, ävÈdsko ñ houslista, vöestrann˝ propag·tor Ëes-kÈ kultury ve ävÈdsku

Jan Tr·vnÌËek, Kanada ñ zaslouûil˝ dlouholet˝ p¯edseda krajan-skÈho Masarykova ˙stavu v Torontu

Doc. MUDr. Konstantin Georgiev Troöev, Bulharsko ñ historikbulharsko-ËeskÈ lÈka¯skÈ tradice, propag·tor ËeskÈ kultury

Univ. prof. dr. Josef Vintr, Rakousko ñ Ëeln˝ rakousk˝ bohemista»eskÈ kulturnÌ centrum Houston, USAPolsko-Ëesko-slovensk· solidarita, Polsko Spolek p¯·tel Bohemia, MaÔarsko


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� 1997 �

Ing. Zorica Dubovsk·, Czech Republic ñ promoter of friendship andcultural exchange with Indonesia

Prof. Emil Friedman, Venezuela ñ music performer and pedagogue,popularizer of Czech music in Latin America

Wendy Luers, U.S.A. ñ founder of the U.S.-Czech Foundation fora Civic Society

Andrew Valuchek (in memoriam), U.S.A. ñ publisher of Czech ex-patriate community newspaper, advocate of the Czech cause inWashington

Czech SFOR unit in the former Yugoslavia, Czech RepublicPeople in Need, Czech TV Foundation, Czech Republic

� 1998 �

Dashdorjiin Altangerel, Mongolia ñ President of the Association ofMongolian Graduates of Czech and Slovak Schools and Courses

Father ZdenÏk »Ìûkovsk˝, Republic of South Africa, Czech Repub-lic ñ Czech missionary in Africa

Eva Markusov·-RoubÌËkov· de MÈndez, Guatemala ñ HonoraryConsul of the Czech Republic, prominent personality of Guatema-lan-Czech relations

Meda Ml·dkov·, U.S.A. ñ sponsor of Czech artDr. Herbert Neumayer, Austria ñ active promoter of Austrian-Czech

relationsDr. Miloslav RechcÌgl, U.S.A. ñ President of the Czechoslovak Soci-

ety of Arts and Sciences (SVU) based in the United StatesSt·Úa är·mkov·, Czech Republic ñ Japanologist, pioneer of friend-

ly relations with the Japanese publicKarel and Olga Velan, Canada ñ entrepreneurs and sponsors of

Czech culture in CanadaDr. h. c. Milan Vyhn·lek, Australia ñ entrepreneur, prominent expat-

riate in TasmaniaMargareta Waldstein-Wartenberg, Austria, Czech Republic ñ Pre-

sident of the Czech Maltese AidMgr. Sri Kumar Vishwanathan, India, Czech Republic ñ social wor-

ker working with the Roma in MoraviaAmerican Friends of the Czech Republic, U.S.A.DOBA Czech-Italian Cultural Center in Torino, ItalyUnion of Czechs and Slovaks in Switzerland, Switzerland

� 1999 �

Gauthier Coussement, Belgium ñ cultural worker specializing in co-operation with the Czech Republic

Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, United Kingdom ñ significant contri-

butor to the promotion of the Czech Republic in the United King-dom, prominent representative of the Czech community

MUDr. Walter Kotrba, Germany ñ active advocate of German-Czechunderstanding

Alan Levy, U.S.A., Czech Republic ñ American chronicler of the Pra-gue Spring in 1968, Editor-in-Chief of The Prague Post

Josef Matuöek, Croatia ñ prominent expatriate, chronicler of theCzech community in Croatia

Eva MarenË·kov·, Luxembourg ñ founder of an informal Czech cul-tural and information center in Luxembourg

Graham Melville-Mason, United Kingdom ñ promoter of Czechclassical music

Milan Platovsk˝ Stein, Chile ñ entrepreneur, promoter of Czech-Chi-lean contacts

Barbara Lee Podoski, U.S.A. ñ dedicated Czech expatriate in theUnited States, renowned for her heroism in World War II

Masahiro Yamamoto, Japan ñ entrepreneur, founder of the ìCzechVillageî in Japan

Lubor J. Zink, Canada ñ Czech exile publicist

� 2000 �

Old¯ich Haselman, France ñ worker for international organizations,advocate of the rights of Czechs who emigrated from Czechoslova-kia after February 1948 and August 1968

Inge Bro J/orgensen, Denmark ñ writer promoting Czech cultural andhistoric life and institutions

Fred Kala, U.S.A. ñ for many years an activist of American SokolDr. h. c. prof. Sergei Vasilevich Nikolsky, DrSc., Russia ñ literary

scholar, instrumental in rehabilitating the work of Karel »apek un-der the totalitarian regime

Francisco Otta, Chile ñ artist and expatriate activistJan Pol·öek, Sweden ñ architect and co-founder of the Association of

Free Czechs and Slovaks in SwedenVladislav Slavik, U.S.A. ñ Sokol activist in the United StatesAkad. arch. Petr Str·nsk˝, Switzerland ñ President of the Swiss So-

ciety for Preservation of the Cultural Heritage in the Czech Rep.Prof. VilÈm Tausk˝, United Kingdom ñ eminent British musician of

Czech originJaroslav Vrzala, France ñ Christian exile publicist and politicianJUDr. Fernand Z¸rn, Luxembourg ñ pioneer of modern Luxem-

bourg-Czech contactsThe Czech Educational Foundation of Texas, U.S.A.Sokol Sydney, AustraliaUnik·tnÌ projekty [Unique Projects], Czech Republic ñ civic asso-

ciation assisting handicapped children

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� 2001 �Dr. April Carter, United Kingdom ñ human and civil rights acti-

vistIng. Alexandr Drbal, Ukraine ñ keeper of the tradition of the Czech

Brethren in the UkraineFernand Halbart, Belgium ñ President of the Belgian-Luxembourg

Chamber of Commerce for the Czech RepublicIng. Herbert Klement, Austria ñ entrepreneur, organizer of cross-

border cooperationProf. Mustafa Krantja, Albania ñ promoter of Czech music on the

Balkan PeninsulaIng. Aleö Mach·Ëek, Czech Republic ñ dissident before November

1989, cooperated with the Palach Press agencyRichard Molineux, United Kingdom ñ charity worker assisting Cze-

choslovak dissent in the normalization periodEwald Osers, United Kingdom ñ cultural publicist, translator of

Czech literatureJan PiveËka, Czech Republic ñ entrepreneur, internationally recog-

nized shoemaking expert, philanthropistProf. dr. Keitha Sapsin Fine, U.S.A. ñ founder of the East European

Cultural EndowmentDr. h. c. prof. Larisa Pavlovna Solntseva, Russia ñ member of the

»apek Brothers Society, Czech drama expertNathan Karol Steiner, Israel ñ President of the Association of Immi-

grants from Czechoslovakia, initiator of Israeli-Czech-Slovak coo-peration

Prof. Viktorie ävihlÌkov·, Austria ñ music teacher passing on her ex-perience gained abroad to Czech children

Association of Olga Havlov·, FranceSociety for the Support of the Czech Village in Berlin-Neukˆlln,

Germany

� 2002 �

Prof. Karel »Ìûek, Greece ñ prominent translator of contemporaryCzech literature into Greek

JUDr. Milan Kantor, Australia ñ founder of expatriate foundations inMelbourne

Prof. Ferdinand Kinsk˝, France ñ expert in international relations,Czech-French promoter of Europeanism

Father V·clav Maöek, Romania ñ Czech priest in Banat, RomaniaProf. Bohumil Med, Brazil ñ chairman of the Brazilian-Czech Cultu-

ral AssociationIng. V·clav Pavelka, Canada ñ founder of a successful club of expat-

riate seniorsProf. Ing. arch. Jan Hird Pokorn˝, U.S.A. ñ architect and expatria-

te activist, instrumental in preserving the National Hall in New York

Prof. Jan Rubeö, Belgium ñ founder and leading representative ofCzech studies in Belgium

Mgr. Radko Tichavsk˝, Mexico ñ Honorary Consul of the Czech Re-public, universal initiator of contacts between citizens of Mexicoand the Czech Republic

Robert Vogel, Germany ñ Honorary General Consul of the Czech Re-public in Hamburg, the ìarchitectî of Czech-German rapproche-ment

Carolinum, Association of Graduates and Friends of Charles Uni-versity in Prague, Czech Republic

Regional organization of the Czech Association in Slovakia at Ko-öice, Slovakia

Union of Czechs in the Republic of Croatia, Croatia

� 2003 �

Ruth Bondy, Israel ñ translator of Czech literatureTonio Casapinta, Malta ñ Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic,

organizer of Czech-Maltese contactsDr. Old¯ich »ern˝, Switzerland ñ leading representative of the Uni-

on of Czech and Slovak Communities in SwitzerlandGuy Erismann, France ñ popularizer of Czech music in FranceMaria Goretti Quadros, India ñ international charity worker, suc-

cessfully involving citizens of the Czech RepublicIgor Vladimirovich Ivanov and doc. Irina Makarovna Porochki-

na, CSc., Russia ñ translators and promoters of Czech literature inRussia

Helmut Kˆser, Germany ñ founder of the Most-Bridge foundation,supporter of efforts towards Czech-German understanding

Miroslav Paulik (in memoriam), New Zealand ñ former HonoraryConsul of the Czech Republic, representative of the Czech expatri-ate community in New Zealand

Peter A. Rafaeli, U.S.A. ñ General Honorary Consul of the Czech Re-public, organizer of a campaign in support of the admission of theCzech Republic to NATO

Jaroslav äonsk˝, Sweden ñ violinist, universal promoter of Czechculture in Sweden

Jan Tr·vnÌËek, Canada ñ Czech compatriot of outstanding merit, formany years the chairman of the compatriot Masaryk Institute in To-ronto

Doc. MUDr. Konstantin Georgiev Troshev, Bulgaria ñ historian ofthe Bulgarian-Czech medical tradition, promoter of Czech culture

Univ. prof. dr. Josef Vintr, Austria ñ leading Austrian scholar inCzech studies

Czech Cultural Center Houston, U.S.A.Polish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity, PolandAssociation of the Friends of Bohemia, Hungary

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ING. ZORICA DUBOVSKÁ

Česká republikaCzech Republic

Narodila se r. 1926 v Praze. V letech 1945-50 vystudovalaVysokou ökolu obchodnÌ. PokraËovala studiem lingvistiky naFilozofickÈ fakultÏ UK se zamÏ¯enÌm na jazyky IndonÈsie.

V letech 1964ñ74 a 1992ñ2003 p¯edn·öela na FilozofickÈfakultÏ UK indonesistiku. Vychovala celou generaci naöichp¯ednÌch odbornÌk˘ v tomto oboru. Publikovala ¯adu odbor-n˝ch pracÌ a vÏnovala se i p¯ekladovÈ Ëinnosti, se zvl·ötnÌmzamÏ¯enÌm na indonÈskou poezii, divadlo a folklÛr. Spolu-pracovala s Orient·lnÌm ˙stavem »SAV a N·prstkov˝m mu-zeem v Praze. M· obrovskÈ z·sluhy o popularizaci indonÈs-kÈho jazyka a re·liÌ. Je nadöenou propag·torkou naöÌ zemÏv IndonÈsii, kterou vÌcekr·t navötÌvila. P¯iËinila se o nav·z·-nÌ intenzivnÌch styk˘ mezi vzdÏl·vacÌmi institucemi »Ra IndonÈsie.

V letech 1968-70 byla mÌstop¯edsedkynÌ SpoleËnosti Ëes-koslovensko-indonÈskÈho p¯·telstvÌ, v letech 1990-94 p¯ed-sedkynÌ Nusantary ñ spoleËnosti p¯·tel IndonÈsie. NynÌ jemÌstop¯edsedkynÌ tÈto spoleËnosti, jeû pat¯Ì k nejaktivnÏjöÌmobËansk˝m sdruûenÌm v »R ve vztahu k zahraniËÌ.

Ing. Z. Dubovsk· je Ëlenkou v˝boru asijskÈ sekce spoleË-nosti Kontinenty ñ SdruûenÌ pro spolupr·ci se zemÏmi Afriky,Asie a LatinskÈ Ameriky.

Zorica Dubovsk· was born in Prague in 1926. In 1945 ñ1950 she studied at the University of Commerce. She thenstudied linguistics at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University,where she specialized in the languages of Indonesia.

In 1964ñ74 and 1992ñ2003, she gave lectures in Indone-sian studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Zori-ca Dubovsk· educated an entire generation of the Czech Re-publicís prominent experts in this field. She published nu-merous scholarly works and applied herself to translation,focusing in particular on Indonesian poetry, drama, and folk-lore. She was an associate of the Oriental Institute of theCzechoslovak Academy of Sciences and the N·prstek Muse-um in Prague. She has contributed immensely to the popula-rization of the Indonesian language and the countryís lifeand institutions. She is an enthusiastic promoter of theCzech Republic in Indonesia, which she has visited severaltimes. She was instrumental in establishing close contactbetween educational institutions in the Czech Republic andIndonesia.

In 1968 ñ 1970 she was the vice-chairwoman of the Soci-ety for Czechoslovak-Indonesian Friendship, and chairwo-man of Nusantara ñ Society of Friends of Indonesia in 1990ñ 1994. She is currently vice-chairwoman of this society,which is one of the most active civic associations in theCzech Republic involved in foreign relations.

Zorica Dubovsk· is a member of the committee of the Asiasection of Continents ñ Association for Cooperation with theCountries of Africa, Asia and Latin America.


PROF. EMIL FRIEDMAN

Venezuela

Narodil se r. 1908 v Praze. V r. 1931 ukonËil studium pro-fesury hry na housle. V r. 1933 obh·jil na KarlovÏ univerzitÏdoktor·t z ve¯ejnÈho pr·va. V letech 1935-39 cestoval jakov˝konn˝ umÏlec po Austr·lii a EvropÏ. BÏhem druhÈ svÏto-vÈ v·lky p˘sobil jako hudebnÌk ve st¯ednÌ a jiûnÌ Americe.

V r. 1945 se usadil ve Venezuele, kde byl jmenov·n ¯edi-telem HudebnÌ akademie st·tu Maracaibo. V r. 1949 zaloûiläkolu (Colegio) a hudebnÌ akademii Emila Friedmana. PlnÏse integroval do hudebnÌho ûivota Venezuely, za coû byl r.l968 vyznamen·n ÿ·dem Francisca Mirandy 3. t¯Ìdy. V r.1984 obdrûel medaili od Svazu uËitel˘ st·tu Miranda a odVzdÏl·vacÌho centra Caracasu. V r. 1993 zÌskal Venezuel-skou cenu za hudbu a o rok pozdÏji byl za¯azen mezi nejv˝-znamnÏjöÌ osobnosti v r·mci akce Venezuela Positiva.

Vûdy nadöenÏ propagoval Ëeskou hudebnÌ kulturu a tra-dici.

Snahou profesora Friedmana bylo poskytnout dÌtÏti integ-r·lnÌ vzdÏl·nÌ. Jeho souË·stÌ m· b˝t jednak umÏleck· v˝cho-va zasahujÌcÌ do oblasti citu a fantazie, jednak znalosti ve vÏ-deck˝ch disciplÌn·ch, jeû majÌ rozvÌjet intelekt, a d·le takÈsport, kter˝ m· napom·hat fyzickÈmu zdravÌ dÌtÏte.

Colegio Emil Friedman zaujÌm· prestiûnÌ mÌsto ve vzdÏl·-vacÌm systÈmu Venezuely. CelkovÏ m· ökola ve vöech roËnÌ-cÌch l800 û·k˘ a kaûdoroËnÏ z nÌ odch·zÌ aû 200 absolvent˘.

Prof. Friedman zem¯el v r. 2002.

Emil Friedman was born in Prague in 1908. In 1931, hequalified as a violin teacher. In 1933, he defended his publiclaw doctorís thesis at Charles University. In 1935 ñ 1939 hetraveled as a performing artist throughout Australia and Eu-rope. During World War II, Professor Friedman worked asmusician in Central and South America.

In 1945, Professor Friedman settled in Venezuela, wherehe was appointed director of the Music Academy of the Sta-te of Maracaibo. In 1949, he established the School (Cole-gio) and Music Academy of Emil Friedman. He becamefully integrated in the musical life of Venezuela, in recog-nition of which he received the Order of Francisco de Mi-randa 3rd Class. In 1984, he was awarded a medal of theTeachers Union of the State of Miranda and of the CaracasEducational Center. In 1993, he was awarded the Venezu-ela Music Prize, and one year later he was named amongthe most outstanding personalities in an event called Vene-zuela Positiva.

Emil Friedman at all times enthusiastically promotedCzech musical culture and tradition.

Professor Friedmanís objective was to give children an in-tegral education, including training in arts, stimulating sensi-tivity and imagination, as well as knowledge in sciences, in-tended to develop intellect, and sport, enhancing child-renís physical health.

Colegio Emil Friedman enjoys a prestigious status in theeducational system in Venezuela. The school has l,800 pupilsin all grades, with up to 200 graduates every year.

Prof. Friedman died in 2002.




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WENDY LUERSOVÁ

USA

Manûelka americkÈho velvyslance v »eskoslovensku v le-tech 1983-86.

V r. 1990 zaloûila v New Yorku Nadaci pro obËanskouspoleËnost (The Foundation for a Civil Society), nez·vislouneziskovou organizaci zamÏ¯enou na rozvoj demokracie, ob-ËanskÈ spoleËnosti, pr·vnÌho st·tu a trûnÌho hospod·¯stvÌv »eskÈ a SlovenskÈ republice. Nadace rovnÏû poskytujegrant CenÏ Jind¯icha ChalupeckÈho, udÏlovanÈ mlad˝m Ëes-k˝m v˝tvarn˝m umÏlc˘m do 35 let.

Nadace pro obËanskou spoleËnost ¯Ìdila vyuûÌv·nÌ finanË-nÌch prost¯edk˘ ve v˝öi 1,9 mil. USD v projektu DemocracyNetwork, jehoû cÌlem byl rozvoj a posÌlenÌ obËanskÈho sek-toru v »eskÈ republice a vytvo¯enÌ kontaktu s mÌstnÌ spr·vou,ve¯ejnostÌ a obchodnÌmi kruhy. Nadace ve spolupr·ci se Citi-bank udÏluje na Slovensku, v Srbsku a »ernÈ Ho¯e a v Ko-sovu cenu VIA BONA.

K Nadaci pro obËanskou spoleËnost je p¯iËlenÏno »eskÈst¯edisko pro obnovu obcÌ, kterÈ vyuûÌv· v˝sledky Pr˘zkumuobnovy obcÌ v »eskÈ republice zamÏ¯enÈho p¯edevöÌm naprocesy spojenÈ s rozvojem obËanskÈ spoleËnosti na lok·lnÌ˙rovni.

K dneönÌmu dni Nadace shrom·ûdila a ˙ËelovÏ vyuûilav »R a na Slovensku 11 milion˘ USD.

Wendy Luersov· rovnÏû zaloûila jejÌ dvÏ n·stupnickÈ ne-vl·dnÌ organizace: Nadaci Via v »eskÈ republice a NadaciPontis na Slovensku. Tyto nadace se soust¯eÔujÌ na rozvojobcÌ, nevl·dnÌho sektoru a na filantropii.

V r. 1998 obdrûela jako prvnÌ ûena v historii st·tnÌ vyzna-men·nÌ DvojitÈho bÌlÈho k¯Ìûe od slovenskÈho prezidentaM. Kov·Ëe.

Wife of the U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia in theyears 1983-1986.

In 1990, Ms. Luers founded The Foundation for a CivilSociety in New York, an independent non-profit organizationdedicated to the development of democracy, civil society, therule of law and free-market economy in the Czech and Slo-vak Republics. The Foundation also provides a grant for theJind¯ich Chalupeck˝ Prize, awarded to young Czech artistsup to the age of 35.

The Foundation for a Civil Society managed the $ 1.9 mil-lion Democracy Network project, a USAID-funded programdevoted to the development and strengthening of the non-governmental sector in the Czech Republic and establishingcontacts with local governments, the general public and bu-siness circles. The Foundation also founded, in partnershipwith Citibank, the VIA BONA corporate citizenship awards,which are now in Slovakia, Serbia-Montenegro and Ko-sovo.

Attached to the Foundation for a Civil Society is the CzechCenter for Community Revitalization, building on the resultsof the Survey fo Community Revitalization in the Czech Re-public which concentrated primary on processes associatedwith the local development of civil society.

To date, the Foundation has raised and spent over $ 11 mil-lion in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

As her legacy, Wendy Luers also founded two successfulindependent non-governmental foundations: Via Foundationin the Czech Republic and Pontis Foundation in Slovakia.They concentrate on community development, NGO deve-lopment and corporate philanthropy.

In 1998, Wendy Luers was the first woman in history to bedecorated with the State Order of the Dual White Cross bythe President of the Slovak Republic, M. Kov·Ë.


ANDREW VALUCHEKin memoriam

USA

Narodil se r. 1911 v USA. Jeho rodiËe poch·zeli z morav-sko-slovenskÈho pomezÌ.

Cel˝ ûivot p˘sobil aktivnÏ v krajanskÈm hnutÌ. Aû do svÈsmrti byl viceprezidentem »eskoslovenskÈ n·rodnÌ radyv USA a Ëestn˝m starostou Sokola USA. V poË·tcÌch svÈ pro-fesion·lnÌ dr·hy byl vydavatelem dvou krajansk˝ch periodik:NewyorskÈho denÌku a Neworsk˝ch list˘.

Po nÏmeckÈ okupaci »eskoslovenska se podÌlel na zaloûenÌFondu pro ËeskoslovenskÈ uprchlÌky. Kdyû nÏmeck· vl·da hod-lala p¯evzÌt Ëesk˝ pavilon na SvÏtovÈ v˝stavÏ v New Yorku,zorganizoval delegaci ke starostovi, aby tomu zabr·nil. Dal pod-nÏt k uspo¯·d·nÌ sbÌrky na dostavbu tohoto ËeskÈho pavilonu.

Jako komisa¯ pro v˝stavbu p¯i mÏstskÈ radnici v New YorkCity byl zodpovÏdn˝ za v˝stavbu sÌdliötÏ nazvanÈho Tho-mas G. Masaryk Towers. Po skonËenÌ v·lky, za nÌû p˘sobil vezpravodajskÈ sluûbÏ americkÈ arm·dy, byl jednÌm z inici·to-r˘ a po¯adatel˘ koncertu v Carnegie Hall, jehoû v˝tÏûek bylurËen na pomoc »eskoslovensku.

Uplatnil se jako Ëlen volebnÌho öt·bu J. F. Kennedyho. PozvolenÌ Kennedyho do funkce prezidenta z˘stal jeho spolu-pracovnÌkem. JednÌm z jeho ˙kol˘ bylo öÌ¯enÌ informacÌo americkÈm politickÈm systÈmu a zajiöùov·nÌ vzdÏl·vacÌchkurz˘ v tÈto oblasti pro cizince. V tÈto Ëinnosti pracoval i pror˘znÈ vl·dnÌ instituce. Po r. l989 seznamoval s touto proble-matikou Ëleny novÈho Ës. parlamentu, kte¯Ì zavÌtali do USA.

V devades·t˝ch letech pracoval v kancel·¯i p¯edsedy SnÏ-movny reprezentant˘ Toma Foleyho, kde mj. usiloval o udÏ-lenÌ doloûky nejvyööÌch v˝hod naöemu st·tu. DÌky sv˝m kon-takt˘m pomohl zÌskat stipendia pro mnoho naöich student˘na prestiûnÌch americk˝ch univerzit·ch.

Do r. 1996 pracoval v kancel·¯i prezidenta Clintona, v jehoûvolebnÌm öt·bu se svÈho Ëasu angaûoval. Zem¯el v r. 1997.

Andrew Valuchek was born in 1911 in the United States.His parents came from the Moravian-Slovak border area.

All his life, Mr. Valuchek worked actively in the Czechcompatriot movement. Until his death, he was the Vice-Pre-sident of the Czechoslovak National Council of America andthe Honorary President of the American Sokol. In the earlystages of his professional career, he was the publisher of twocompatriot periodicals: Newyorsk˝ denÌk (New York Daily)and NewyorskÈ listy (New York Herald).

After the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, Mr. Va-luchek was a co-founder of the American Fund for Czecho-slovak Refugees. When the German government made plansto take over the Czechoslovak Pavilion at the New YorkWorldís Fair, he organized a delegation to lobby the Mayorto prevent this move. He initiated the organization of a col-lection to raise funds for the completion of the Czech Pavi-lion.

As a building commissioner at the New York City Hall,Mr. Valuchek was responsible for the development of theThomas G. Masaryk Towers housing estate. After the war,during which he worked for the U.S. Armyís intelligence ser-vice, Mr. Valuchek was one of the initiators and organizers ofa concert at Carnegie Hall, the proceeds of which were do-nated as aid for Czechoslovakia.

Andrew Valuchek worked as a member of J. F. Kenne-dyís election campaign team. After Kennedy was electedU.S. President, Mr. Valuchek remained in his service. One ofhis tasks was to disseminate information on the U.S. politicalsystem and organize training courses in this field for foreign-ers. He also carried out this activity for various government-al institutions. After l989, he briefed members of the newCzechoslovak parliament who visited the United States onthis issue.

In the 1990s Mr. Valuchek worked at the office of Tom Fo-ley, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, where hestrived to achieve the most-favored-nation clause for Cze-choslovakia. Thanks to his contacts he helped arrange scho-larships for many Czech students at prestigious U.S. univer-sities.

He worked at President Clintonís office until 1996, afterserving as a member of his election team. Andrew Valuchekdied in 1997.




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ČESKÁ JEDNOTKA (PRAPOR) SFORv bývalé Jugoslávii (B a H), ČR

CZECH SFOR UNIT (BATTALION)in the former Yugoslavia (B&H),Czech Republic

Česk· jednotka, jako souË·st mÌrovÈ operace SFOR (Stabi-lizaËnÌ sÌly) pod vedenÌm NATO, do nÌû bylo zapojeno 35 ti-sÌc p¯ÌsluönÌk˘ mnohon·rodnostnÌch vojensk˝ch kontingen-t˘, mÏla velikost praporu o sÌle 650 muû˘. Souhlas s jejÌ˙ËastÌ v mnohon·rodnostnÌch sil·ch SFOR vyslovily obÏ ko-mory Parlamentu »R v prosinci 1996.

»esk· jednotka p˘sobila v letech 1997ñ2001 na ˙zemÌ se-veroz·padnÌ Bosny pod britsk˝m vedenÌm. Prostor jejÌ ope-raËnÌ odpovÏdnosti zahrnoval jak oblast ob˝vanou Srby, takoblast ob˝vanou Muslimy. Zvl·ötnÌm ˙zemÌm byla neobyd-len· zÛna separace v öÌ¯ce 5 km, kter· byla z·roveÚ silnÏ za-minovan· protipÏchotnÌmi i protitankov˝mi minami.

Prapor byl vysoce hodnocen jak z hlediska mor·lnÌ a bo-jovÈ p¯ipravenosti, tak i z hlediska technickÈ vybavenosti.Praporu se poda¯ilo zÌskat v r·mci SFOR naprosto rovno-pr·vnÈ postavenÌ s kontingenty ze st·t˘ NATO. V nÏkter˝chohledech byly schopnosti p¯ÌsluönÌk˘ praporu vyzdviûeny ja-ko p¯ÌkladnÈ. älo zejmÈna o d˘slednÈ naplÚov·nÌ ˙kol˘ v ob-lasti odzbrojenÌ a dozorov·nÌ sklad˘ s tÏûkou technikou, fle-xibilitu p¯i plnÏnÌ ˙kol˘, schopnost nav·zat bezkonfliktnÌstyk s mÌstnÌm obyvatelstvem apod.

The Czech unit, as part of the SFOR (Stabilization Force)peace operation under the command of NATO, in which35,000 members of multinational military contingents wereinvolved, was a battalion of 650 men. In December 1996,both chambers of the Parliament of the Czech Republic gavetheir consent for the unit to become part of the multinationalSFOR forces.

The Czech unit operated under British command in the ter-ritory of northwest Bosnia in the years 1997ñ2001. It wasresponsibility for operations in an area covering both a regi-on inhabited by Serbs and a region inhabited by Muslims.A special territory was a five-kilometer wide uninhabited se-paration zone, with dense anti-personnel and anti-tank mine-fields.

The battalion was highly praised for the state of its ethicaland combat preparation and for its technical equipment. Thebattalion achieved a status within SFOR equal to that of con-tingents from NATO states. In some respects, the skills of bat-talion members were commended as exemplary. In particular,this included the consistent accomplishment of assignmentsaimed at disarmament and at guarding warehouses with hea-vy vehicles, flexibility in the performance of assignments,and the ability to establish conflict-free relations with the lo-cal population.


ČLOVĚK V TÍSNI,spol. při České televizi, o. p. s., ČR

PEOPLE IN NEED,TV Foundation, Czech Republic

ObecnÏ prospÏön· spoleËnost p¯i »eskÈ televizi »lovÏkv tÌsni vznikla jako humanit·rnÌ organizace s cÌlem pom·hatv krizov˝ch oblastech. Byla zaloûena äimonem P·nkema Jaroslavem ätÏt inou r. 1992. Ihned se stala jednouz p¯ednÌch Ëesk˝ch organizacÌ zab˝vajÌcÌch se humanit·rnÌËinnostÌ v zahraniËÌ.

KombinacÌ humanit·rnÌ pomoci, dlouhodobÏjöÌch rozvojo-v˝ch projekt˘, pomoci krajansk˝m komunit·m a p˘sobenÌmna poli ochrany lidsk˝ch pr·v pat¯Ì tato spoleËnost mezi nej-v˝znamnÏjöÌ organizace svÈho druhu na ˙zemÌ b˝valÈho v˝-chodnÌho bloku. DÌky jejÌmu p¯ispÏnÌ se »R zapsala mezi vy-spÏlÈ zemÏ schopnÈ pruûnÏ reagovat na humanit·rnÌ krize.Za dobu svÈ existence dopravila spoleËnost stovky z·sileks p¯Ìmou humanit·rnÌ pomocÌ do r˘zn˝ch zemÌ Evropy, Asiea Afriky. I nad·le p˘sobÌ mj. v BosnÏ a HercegovinÏ, RuskÈfederaci, »eËensku, Alb·nii, Bulharsku, ArmÈnii, Som·lsku,Mongolsku, BarmÏ a na UkrajinÏ. Ve vöech tÏchto zemÌchnav·zala spolupr·ci s mÌstnÌmi nevl·dnÌmi organizacemi,vl·dnÌmi agenturami i s mezin·rodnÌmi humanit·rnÌmi orga-nizacemi.

Mezi nejv˝znamnÏjöÌ partnerskÈ organizace spoleËnostipat¯Ì subjekty OSN, jako nap . UNHCR, UNICEF a WHO,Mezin·rodnÌ »erven˝ k¯Ìû, britsk· organizace HMD, Sunco-kret (chorvatsk· nevl·dnÌ organizace), Fond na obranu glas-nosti (Rusko), Nadace Glasnosù (Rusko), Open Society Insti-tute, C Fund, Charles Mott Foundation, LÈka¯i bez hranicatd.

V znamn· je i osvÏtov· Ëinnost spoleËnosti. V jejÌm r·m-ci probÌh· nap . sÈrie komponovan˝ch veËer˘ v sÌti 11 Ëes-k˝ch center na tÈmata Humanit·rnÌ pomoc, Poruöov·nÌ lid-sk˝ch pr·v a RomovÈ v »R.

The Czech TV foundation People in Need was founded asa humanitarian organization with the objective of providingassistance in crisis regions. It was founded by äimon P·nekand Jaroslav ätÏtina in 1992. It immediately became one ofthe Czech Republicís leading organizations involved in hu-manitarian activities abroad.

By uniquely combining humanitarian assistance, long-term development projects, assistance for compatriot com-munities and work in the field of the protection of humanrights, this foundation is one of the most important organiza-tions of this type in the former Eastern Bloc. It has helpedmake the Czech Republic a developed country capable ofresponding flexibly to humanitarian crises. Since its estab-lishment, the organization has delivered hundreds of ship-ments of direct humanitarian aid to various countries in Eu-rope, Asia and Africa, and continues to work, for example, inBosnia and Herzegovina, the Russian Federation, Chechnya,Albania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Somalia, Mongolia, Burma andin the Ukraine. In all these countries, the organization has es-tablished some form of cooperation with local non-govern-mental organizations, governmental agencies and internatio-nal humanitarian organizations.

The companyís most important partner organizations in-clude UN entities, such as UNHCR, UNICEF and WHO, theInternational Red Cross, the U.K.-based HMD, Suncokret(a Croatian non-governmental organization), the GlasnostDefense Fund (Russia), the Glasnost Foundation (Russia),Open Society Institute, C Fund, Charles Mott Foundation,and MÈdecins Sans Frontieres.

The foundationís educational activities are also important.These activities have included a series of special-focus eve-nings in the network of 11 Czech Centers on the topics of Hu-manitarian Aid, Violations of Human Rights and The Roma inthe Czech Republic.




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DASHDORJIIN ALTANGEREL

MongolskoMongolia

Narodil se r. 1936 v Ul·nb·taru. V letech 1955-61 studovalna FilozofickÈ fakultÏ UK slavistiku se zamÏ¯enÌm na bohe-mistiku a z·roveÚ pr·va na PF UK. Pracoval na MZV Mon-golska, pozdÏji p˘sobil takÈ jako diplomat v Praze.

V oblasti Ëesko(slovensko) ñ mongolskÈ spolupr·ce bylËinn˝ tÈmÏ¯ 40 let. Od r. 1963 se angaûoval ve SpoleËnostimongolsko-Ës. p¯·telstvÌ a v r. 1997 nechal ofici·lnÏ zare-gistrovat takÈ Asociaci mongolsk˝ch absolvent˘ Ëesk˝cha slovensk˝ch ökol a kurs˘. NeziötnÏ organizoval ¯adu jejÌchkulturnÌch akcÌ, zejmÈna 1. Ëesk˝ ples v Mongolsku.

VÏnoval se publicistickÈ a p¯ekladatelskÈ Ëinnosti. Domongolötiny p¯eloûil a vydal nap . n·sledujÌcÌ tituly: J. OtËe-n·öek: Romeo, Julie a tma, M. Majerov·: Vesel· kniha poh·-dek, V bor Ëesk˝ch povÌdek, K. »apek: V·lka s mloky,V. Havel: Audience, O lidskou identitu. Je autorem vÌce neû200 statÌ o »eskoslovensku a o problematice mongolsko ñËesk˝ch vztah˘. Jako bohemista se cel˝ ûivot vÏnoval v˝kla-du ËeskÈ literatury v Mongolsku a byl jejÌm obÏtav˝m pro-pag·torem. Publikoval ¯adu Ël·nk˘ o »eskoslovensku v mon-golskÈm tisku.

P¯eloûil a pomohl uvÈst do mongolsk˝ch kin vÌce neû t¯i-cet Ës. celoveËernÌch a desÌtky dÏtsk˝ch a kreslen˝ch film˘.

Zem¯el v r. 2001.

Dashdorjiin Altangerel was born in Ulan Bator, Mongoliain 1936. In 1955 ñ 1961 he studied Slavic studies at the Fa-culty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, where he speciali-zed in Czech studies, and simultaneously law at the Facultyof Law, Charles University. He then worked at the Mongoli-an Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and later as a diplomat inPrague.

He worked actively in the field of Czech(-Slovak)-Mon-golian cooperation for nearly 40 years. He was a member ofthe Society of Mongolian-Czechoslovak Friendship from1963, and in 1997 obtained official registration of the Asso-ciation of Mongolian Graduates of Czech and SlovakSchools and Courses. He selflessly organized its numerouscultural events, especially the First Czech Ball in Mongolia.

Mr. Altangerel also devoted himself to publishing activit-ies and translation. The works he translated into Mongolianand published include: J. OtËen·öek: Romeo, Juliet and theDarkness, M. Majerov·: A Merry Book of Fairy Tales, An-thology of Czech Short Stories, K. »apek: War with the Newts,V. Havel: Audience, Of Human Identity. He wrote more than200 papers and essays on Czechoslovakia and on Mongolian-Czech relations. As a scholar in Czech studies, he devoted hisentire life to the interpretation of Czech literature ñ which heselflessly promoted ñ in Mongolia. He published numerousarticles about Czechoslovakia in the Mongolian press.

He translated over thirty Czechoslovak feature films anddozens of cartoons and films for children, and was involvedin organizing their screening in Mongolian cinemas.

Mr. Altangerel died in 2001.


PÁTER ZDENĚK ČÍŽKOVSKÝ

JAR – ČRSouth Africa – Czech Republic

Narodil se r. 1921. V r. 1951 odcestoval do JiûnÌ Afriky, kdevstoupil do ¯eholnÌho misijnÌho ¯·du Obl·t˘ Panny MarieNeposkvrnÏnÈ. V africkÈm buöi str·vil sedm let a potÈ t¯i ro-ky v mÏstsk˝ch podmÌnk·ch.

Na p¯·nÌ exilovÈho kardin·la Josefa Berana se v r. 1968odstÏhoval do Johannesburgu, aby jako jedin˝ Ëesky mluvÌcÌknÏz na africkÈm Jihu p˘sobil mezi nov˝mi p¯istÏhovalciz »eskoslovenska. Za novÏ p¯istÏhovan˝mi krajany jezdil pocelÈ JAR. Pom·hal jim najÌt pr·ci, tlumoËil a p¯ekl·dal. Ra-dil, jak p¯ekon·vat tÏûkosti ve styku s ˙¯ady. Sh·nÏl pro nÏ fi-nanËnÌ prost¯edky ñ z·stavou byly obrazy, jichû namalovalnejmÈnÏ dvÏ stovky a za kterÈ byl v roce 1976 vyznamen·ni na v˝stavÏ v MnichovÏ. K¯til novÏ narozenÈ dÏti, zaloûilkrajansk˝ mÏsÌËnÌk Jaro. Byl v˘dËÌm duchem a organiz·to-rem aktivit krajanskÈ komunity.

Po deseti letech pr·ce mezi krajany se vr·til ke svÈ p˘vod-nÌ pr·ci v Natalu, kde mÏl farnost s velk˝m kostelem pro 900lidÌ, kter˝ postavil. Po 43 letech odlouËenÌ se vr·til do vlastia pom·h· lidem doma, v diecÈzi na jihu »ech. V zahraniË-nÌch aktivit·ch vöak pokraËuje. Jako n·rodnÌ ¯editel Papeû-skÈho misijnÌho dÌla zastupuje Ëeskou katolickou cÌrkev veVatik·nu.

Born in 1921, ZdenÏk »Ìûkovsk˝ left for South Africa in1951, where he joined the holy missionary order of the Ob-lates of Mary Immaculate. He spent seven years in the Afri-can bush, and then three years in an urban environment.

At the request of Josef Beran, Cardinal in exile, he movedin 1968 to Johannesburg in order to work, as the only Czech-speaking priest in the south of Africa, with new immigrantsfrom Czechoslovakia. He visited newly arrived compatriotsthroughout the Republic of South Africa, helping them findjobs, and acting as an interpreter and translator for them. Healso advised them on how to overcome difficulties in relati-ons with authorities. He raised funds for them ñ as securityhe used paintings, of which he produced at least two hundredand for which he was awarded a prize at an exhibition in Mu-nich in 1976. He baptized newly born infants, and founded anexpatriate monthly magazine called Jaro [The Spring]. Hewas the leading spirit and organizer of the compatriot com-munityís activities.

After ten years of work among compatriots, he returned tohis initial work in Natal, where he had a parish with a largechurch built to hold a congregation of 900 people, which hehimself had erected. After 43 years of exile, he returned to hisnative country and is now helping people in a diocese insouth Bohemia. However, he continues his activities abroad.As the national director of the Papal Missionary Work, he re-presents the Czech Catholic church at the Vatican.




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EVA MARKUSOVÁ-ROUBÍČKOVÁ

DE MÉNDEZ

Guatemala

Narodila se r. 1934 v Praze. V r. 1941 odeöla se svou mat-kou do Ekv·doru a poslÈze do Guatemaly, kde vystudovala.JejÌ manûel zde zast·val vysokÈ st·tnÌ funkce. P˘sobila vÌceneû dvacet let v advok·tnÌ praxi. Jako pracovnice ⁄¯adu pre-zidenta GuatemalskÈ republiky se stala inici·torkou Ëetn˝chcharitativnÌch a soci·lnÌch program˘ na pomoc ekonomickyslab˝m vrstv·m a indi·nskÈmu obyvatelstvu.

Vûdy se cÌtila spjata se svou mate¯skou zemÌ, a proto ihnedpo listopadu 1989 projevila z·jem o zastupov·nÌ z·jm˘ naöe-ho st·tu v GuatemalskÈ republice. PodÌlela se tak znaËnoumÏrou na öÌ¯enÌ informovanosti guatemalskÈ ve¯ejnosti o his-torii, tradicÌch a aktu·lnÌm dÏnÌ u n·s a napom·hala navazo-v·nÌ kontakt˘ mezi obÏma zemÏmi.

V ¯Ìjnu 1993 byla u p¯Ìleûitosti n·vötÏvy p¯edsedy vl·dyV·clava Klause v Guatemale ofici·lnÏ uvedena do funkce ho-nor·rnÌ konzulky »eskÈ republiky.

NeziötnÏ a s maxim·lnÌm nasazenÌm reprezentovala ËeskÈz·jmy v Guatemale. Byla rovnÏû inici·torkou ustavenÌ kra-janskÈho sdruûenÌ, jeû se uskupilo kolem honor·rnÌho kon-zul·tu. V r. 1997 byla z jejÌho podnÏtu shrom·ûdÏna finanËnÌpomoc na povodÚovÈ konto v »R ve v˝öi 3.500 USD. V ob-lasti kultury organizovala mj. T˝den ËeskÈho filmu v hlavnÌmmÏstÏ Guatemaly a koncert ËeskÈ klasickÈ hudby. PodÌlela sena ˙spÏönÈm jedn·nÌ o uzav¯enÌ obchodnÌ dohody mezi »Ra Guatemalou v r. 1997.

Zem¯ela v r. 2001.

Born in 1934 in Prague, Eva Markusov·-RoubÌËkov· deMÈndez left with her mother for Ecuador in 1941; they sub-sequently moved to Guatemala, where she completed her stu-dies. Her husband held high state administration posts inGuatemala. She practiced law for more than twenty years. Asa staff member of the Office of the President of the Republicof Guatemala, she became an initiator of numerous charitab-le and social welfare programs in aid of the socially weakstrata of society and the Indian population.

She always felt tied to her native country, and immediate-ly after November 1989 she therefore expressed an interest inrepresenting Czechoslovakia in Guatemala. In this respect,she contributed substantially to the dissemination among thegeneral public in Guatemala of information on the history,traditions and current developments in Czechoslovakia, andhelped establish contacts between the two countries.

In October 1993, when V·clav Klaus, the Prime Ministerof the Czech Republic, visited Guatemala, she was officiallyappointed an Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic.

She always represented Czech interests in Guatemala self-lessly and with maximum dedication. She also initiated thefoundation of a compatriot association, which was formedaround the honorary consulate. Financial aid of USD 3,500was raised on her initiative in 1997 for the ëFlood Accountíin the Czech Republic. In the field of culture, she organizeda Week of Czech Film in the capital city of Guatemala, anda concert of Czech classical music. She was involved in thesuccessful negotiation of a trade agreement between theCzech Republic and Guatemala in 1997.

Eva Markusov·-RoubÌËkov· de MÈndez died in 2001.


DR. MEDA MLÁDKOVÁ

USA

Narodila se r. 1919 ve v˝chodoËesk˝ch Z·kupech. Odr. 1946 studovala politickou ekonomii v éenevÏ, kterou za-konËila doktor·tem o II. Internacion·le. Pom·hala zde vyd·-vat Ëasopis Ëesk˝ch intelektu·l˘ v exilu. Od roku 1954 stu-dovala v Pa¯Ìûi dÏjiny umÏnÌ, ve studiu pokraËovala t¯Ìlet˝mprogramem na americkÈ univerzitÏ John Hopkins, uzav¯e-n˝m doktorsk˝mi zkouökami. Po sÚatku s Janem Ml·dkem(1960), kter˝ v Pa¯Ìûi zastupoval MMF, se p¯estÏhovala doUSA a pracovala pro exil.

Po n·vötÏvÏ Prahy v r. 1967 se zamÏ¯ila na pomoc v˝tvar-nÌk˘m v tehdejöÌm »eskoslovensku a dok·zala p¯imÏt For-dovu nadaci k poskytov·nÌ stipendiÌ Ëesk˝m v˝tvarnÌk˘m.

Za dvacet let se jÌ poda¯ilo shrom·ûdit sbÌrku p¯edstavujÌ-cÌ 1200 obraz˘, z toho 220 Kupkov˝ch. Po r. 1989 se roz-hodla tuto sbÌrku vÏnovat Praze a umÌstit ji v Sovov˝ch ml˝-nech na KampÏ. NÏkolik let se vÏnovala rekonstrukci tohotoobjektu. Po mnoha poË·teËnÌch administrativnÌch a pam·t-k·¯sk˝ch komplikacÌch byly jeötÏ nedokonËenÈ prostory prosbÌrku v r. 2000 otev¯eny. KompletnÌ sbÌrku dÏl FrantiökaKupky p¯edala dr. Ml·dkov· z·stupc˘m Magistr·tu hl. m.Prahy dne 27. 6. 2002.

DefinitivnÌ dokonËenÌ rekonstrukce Sovov˝ch ml˝n˘ a za-h·jenÌ provozu Musea Kampa zdrûela v lÈtÏ 2002 vltavsk·povodeÚ, jejÌû n·sledky byly likvidov·ny po cel˝ n·sledujÌ-cÌ rok. SlavnostnÌ zah·jenÌ tak bylo nutno odloûit na z·¯Ì2003.

Meda Ml·dkov· was born in 1919 at Z·kupy in EasternBohemia. From 1946, she studied political economy in Ge-neva and received a doctorate for her thesis on the Second In-ternational. In Geneva she also helped publish a periodicalfor exiled Czech intellectuals. From 1954, she studied histo-ry of arts in Paris, and continued her studies with a three-year programme at John Hopkins University in the USAwhere she received a doctorate. After marrying Jan Ml·dek(1960) who represented the International Monetary Fund inParis, she moved to the USA and worked for her exiled com-patriots.

After visiting Prague in 1967, she concentrated on helpingunofficial artists in the then Czechoslovakia. She succeededin persuading the Ford Foundation to grant fellowships toCzech artists.

Over the course of twenty years, she accumulated a col-lection of 1,200 paintings, of which 220 were painted byKupka. After 1989, she decided to donate the collection toPrague and install it at the Sova Mills Museum on Kampa Is-land. She spent several years reconstructing this building. Af-ter numerous teething problems, either administrative or re-lated to the protection of cultural heritage, the museum,though not yet completed, was opened for the collection in2000. Dr. Ml·dkov· handed over her entire collection of thework of Frantiöek Kupka to representatives of the Prague Ci-ty Hall on June 27, 2002.

The final completion of the reconstruction of the SovaMills and the launch of the Kampa Museum was delayedwhen the Vltava caused severe flooding in the summer of2002, the aftermath of which took a year to clear up. There-fore the official opening was postponed until September2003.




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DR. HERBERT NEUMAYER

RakouskoAustria

Narodil se r. 1932 v Korneuburgu u VÌdnÏ. Po studiu pr·vbyl v r. 1963 byl povol·n do ⁄¯adu spolkovÈho kanclÈ¯e, kdemÏl nejd¯Ìve na starosti person·lnÌ agendu a po r. 1969 p¯e-vzal protokol·rnÌ z·leûitosti. V dubnu 1978 mu byla svÏ¯enaSpolkov· tiskov· sluûba (BPD), nejv˝znamnÏjöÌ informaËnÌa propagaËnÌ instituce rakouskÈho st·tu.

Po revoluËnÌm podzimu 1989 se jako vedoucÌ BPD zamÏ-¯il na medi·lnÌ spolupr·ci se zemÏmi, jeû se osvobodily zesovÏtskÈho podruËÌ. Zvl·ötnÌ pozornost vÏnoval tehdejöÌ»SFR. Nav·zal kontakty s Ëesk˝mi a slovensk˝mi novin·¯i,jimû umoûnil studijnÌ n·vötÏvy Rakouska podle jejich vlast-nÌho tÈmatickÈho v˝bÏru. StejnÏ tak zval odpovÏdnÈ pracov-nÌky naöich vl·dnÌch institucÌ, aby se sezn·mili s rakouskoumedi·lnÌ praxÌ. Tyto vst¯ÌcnÈ aktivity dr. Neumayera nabylyna intenzitÏ zvl·ötÏ po r. 1990, kdy se stal p¯edsedou Ra-kousko-ËeskoslovenskÈ spoleËnosti.

Svou podporu vÏnoval i mlad˝m lidem, kte¯Ì se chtÏli na-uËit nÏmecky a pracovat v Rakousku. Velk˝m Neumayero-v˝m ˙spÏchem bylo zÌsk·nÌ subvencÌ na zakoupenÌ technic-k˝ch prost¯edk˘ zdravotnÏ postiûen˝m lidem v Ëesk˝ch ze-mÌch a na Slovensku. Od rozpadu federace p˘sobÌ ve vedenÌRakousko-ËeskÈ spoleËnosti.

Aktivity dr. Neumayera majÌ velmi öirok˝ z·bÏr: od zpro-st¯edkov·nÌ kontakt˘ a v˝mÏny zkuöenostÌ mezi p¯edstavite-li obcÌ, hospod·¯sk˝mi Ëiniteli, umÏlci, odbornÌky v oblastiekologie, l·zeÚstvÌ a pam·tkovÈ pÈËe aû po organizov·nÌ let-nÌch t·bor˘ pro ËeskÈ dÏti.

Dr. Neumayer se pr˘bÏûnÏ snaûil o navazov·nÌ tÏsnÏjöÌchvztah˘ mezi obcemi na MoravÏ a v DolnÌch RakousÌch, od-kud s·m poch·zÌ. M· z·sluhu na sblÌûenÌ UherskÈho Hradiö-tÏ s Korneuburgem. Z jeho podnÏtu byly rovnÏû organizov·-ny z·silky nÏmeck˝ch knih Ëesk˝m ökol·m.

Herbert Neumayer was born in 1932 in Korneuburg nearVienna. After completing his law studies, he was employedat the Federal Chancellery as of 1963, where he was initi-ally in charge of personnel matters, becoming responsibleafter 1969 for matters of protocol. In April 1978, he was putin charge of the Federal Press Service (BPD), the most im-portant information and publicity institution of the Austrianstate.

After the revolutionary autumn of 1989 Dr. Neumayer, asthe head of BPD, focused on media cooperation with count-ries that had freed themselves from the Soviet yoke. He de-voted special attention to the Czech and Slovak FederativeRepublic. He established contacts with Czech and Slovakjournalists, arranging study placements for them in Austria tostudy the subject of their choice. Similarly, he invited the res-ponsible officials of Czech governmental institutions to be-come acquainted with media practices in Austria. Dr. Neu-mayerís helpful activities became intensified after 1990,when he was elected the chairman of the Austrian-Czecho-slovak Society.

He also provided support to young people keen on learningGerman and working in Austria. One of Dr. Neumayerís par-ticularly great achievements involved the obtaining of subsi-dies to purchase technical aids for handicapped persons in theCzech Republic and Slovakia.

Since the disintegration of Czechoslovakia, he has heldmanagerial positions in the Austrian-Czech Society.

Dr. Neumayerís activities very diverse, ranging from me-diating contacts and exchanges of experience between repre-sentatives of municipalities, economic representatives, art-ists, experts in ecology, the spa industry and the protectionand conservation of cultural heritage, to organizing summercamps for Czech children.

Dr. Neumayer has continuously endeavored to establishcloser relations between municipalities in Moravia and hisnative Lower Austria. He was instrumental in the rapproche-ment of UherskÈ HradiötÏ with Korneuburg. He also initiateddonations of German books to Czech schools.


DR. MILOSLAV RECHCÍGL

USA

Narodil se r. 1930 v MladÈ Boleslavi. Od r. 1950 ûije v americ-kÈm exilu. Ihned po vzniku exilovÈ SpoleËnosti pro vÏdy a umÏnÌ(SVU) v r. 1956 se zapojil do jejÌ Ëinnosti a od poË·tku p˘sobil v je-jÌch nejvyööÌch funkcÌch. Celkem pÏtkr·t byl zvolen p¯edsedou a jejÌm i v souËasnÈ dobÏ.

SVU je kulturnÌ, nez·visl· a neziskov· organizace sdruûujÌcÌvÏdce, pedagogy, umÏlce, spisovatele a ostatnÌ jednotlivce z celÈhosvÏta, kte¯Ì vzhledem ke svÈmu p˘vodu majÌ vztah k »eskosloven-sku ñ dnes k »eskÈ a SlovenskÈ republice ñ a chtÏjÌ öÌ¯it Ëeskou vÏ-du, kulturu a umÏnÌ a propagovat Ëesk˝ a slovensk˝ p¯Ìnos do svÏ-tovÈ vÏdy, kultury a umÏnÌ. SVU m· poboËky na celÈm svÏtÏ. JejÌsvÏtovÈ kongresy jsou zn·mÈ vysokou odbornou ˙rovnÌ. Dokl·da-jÌ p¯Ìnos osob ËeskÈho p˘vodu svÏtovÈ vÏdÏ a kultu¯e a p¯in·öejÌhodnoty a informace, s nimiû se celosvÏtovÏ pracuje. Po sametovÈrevoluci se jich ˙ËastnÌ i z·stupci r˘zn˝ch organizacÌ z »eskÈ re-publiky. Z iniciativy Dr. RechcÌgla se rozvinula Ëinorod· spolupr·-ce SVU s AkademiÌ vÏd »eskÈ republiky, N·rodnÌm a N·prstkov˝mmuzeem, »s. ˙stavem zahraniËnÌm i odborem kulturnÌch a krajan-sk˝ch vztah˘ MZV »R.

Vedle vÏdeckÈ Ëinnosti, kter· souvisÌ s jeho specializacÌ v oborubiochemie, se dr. RechcÌgl zab˝v· i studiem historie »ech˘, Mora-van˘, Slezan˘ a Slov·k˘ na americkÈ p˘dÏ. Tyto poznatky publi-koval jiû ve t¯ech tematick˝ch sbornÌcÌch. Je autorem knihy Posta-vy naöÌ Ameriky (2000). Mezi etnografy je povaûov·n za p¯ednÌhoznalce dÏjin Moravsk˝ch brat¯Ì v USA. SvojÌ mimoprofesnÌ bada-telskou ËinnostÌ se zaslouûil i o zmapov·nÌ archivnÌch pam·tekv USA. Z jeho iniciativy vzeöla myölenka na utvo¯enÌ novÈ st¯e-chovÈ organizace National Heritage Commission, jejÌmû posl·nÌmm· b˝t pl·nov·nÌ a koordinace Ëinnosti k uchov·nÌ ËeskÈho kultur-nÌho dÏdictvÌ v USA. Dal rovnÏû podnÏt k organizaci v˝znamn˝chkonferencÌ na toto tÈma v MinnesotÏ (1999), Nebrasce (2001) a Io-wÏ (2003).

V r. 1999 ocenil prezident V·clav Havel z·sluhy dr. RechcÌglapamÏtnÌ medailÌ.

Born in Mlad· Boleslav, Czech Republic, in 1930, MiloslavRechcÌgl started living in exile in the United States in 1950. Im-mediately after the exile Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) wasfounded in 1956, he joined its activities and from the outset heldtop-level positions within the organization. He was elected Presi-dent of the Association five times, a post he holds at present.

SVU is a cultural, independent and non-profit organization dra-wing together scientists, teachers, artists, writers and other indivi-duals from all over the world who, given their origin, have a rela-tionship to Czechoslovakia ñ now to the Czech and Slovak Re-publics ñ and wish to disseminate Czech science, culture and artsand promote the Czech and Slovak contribution to global science,culture and art. SVU has offices throughout the world. Its worldcongresses are known for their high professional standard. Theydocument the contribution of persons of Czech origin to worldscience and culture, and supply values and information that areused on a global scale. Since the ìVelvet Revolutionî, the con-gresses have also been attended by representatives of various or-ganizations based in the Czech Republic. At Dr. RechcÌglís initi-ative, SVU has fostered active cooperation with the Academy ofSciences of the Czech Republic, the National Museum and N·prs-tek Museum, the Czechoslovak Foreign Institute and the CzechForeign Ministryís Department for Cultural Relations andCzechs Living Abroad.

In addition to his scientific work, focusing on his specializati-on in biochemistry, Dr. RechcÌgl also takes a keen interest in stu-dying the history of Czechs, Moravians, Silesians and Slovaks inAmerica. He has published his findings in three anthologies. Heis the author of a book entitled Personalities of Our America(2000). Among ethnographers, he is considered to be one of theleading experts in the history of the Moravian Brethren in theUnited States. His amateur research work has made a significantcontribution to the tracing of archive heritage in the United Sta-tes. He initiated the idea of establishing the National HeritageCommission, a new umbrella organization whose mission shouldbe to plan and coordinate activities to preserve Czech cultural he-ritage in the United States. He was also the driving force behindimportant conferences dealing with this issue, held in Minnesota(1999), Nebraska (2001) and Iowa (2003).

In 1999, President V·clav Havel awarded a commemorativemedal to Dr. RechcÌgl for his merit.




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STÁŇA ŠRÁMKOVÁ

ČRCzech Republic

Narodila se r. 1966. Od ml·dÌ mÏla aktivnÌ z·jem o japon-skou kulturu a nauËila se slovem i pÌsmem japonsky.

V r. 1989 zÌskala prvnÌ v˝konnostnÌ stupeÚ v japonsk˝chbojov˝ch umÏnÌch. Od r. 1990 p˘sobila ve st¯edisku bojo-v˝ch umÏnÌ Tokyo Kyumeiken Dojo. St¯ÌdavÏ pob˝vala v Ja-ponsku a »eskÈ republice. V r. 1995 byla zvolena gener·lnÌtajemnicÌ nadace Nozomi (NadÏje), budoucÌho St¯ediska kul-tury a bojov˝ch umÏnÌ Japonska v Hradci Kr·lovÈ.

V r. 1996 vysÌlalo japonskÈ NHK Radio po¯ady S. är·m-kovÈ o ËeskÈ kultu¯e. KromÏ vlastnÌ rozs·hlÈ p¯edn·ökovÈa popularizaËnÌ Ëinnosti se S. är·mkov· navÌc aktivnÏ z˙-ËastÚovala i reprezentaËnÌch, prezentaËnÌch a medi·lnÌch ak-tivit Z⁄ Tokio.

R.1997 byla poctÏna pozv·nÌm do cÌsa¯skÈho pal·ce k Je-jÌmu VeliËenstvu cÌsa¯ovnÏ MiËiko.

Japonsk˝ tisk pr˘bÏûnÏ informoval o besed·ch S. är·mko-vÈ na r˘zn˝ch typech ökol po celÈm Japonsku, odkud prame-nÌ jejÌ obrovsk· popularita mezi japonskou ml·deûÌ. O Ëin-nosti S. är·mkovÈ na poli Ëesko-japonsk˝ch vztah˘ vyölav r. 1998 v Japonsku kniha s n·zvem V zva pro budoucnost.

St·Úa är·mkov· was born in 1966. She has been activelyinterested in Japanese culture from an early age and has learn-ed to speak and write Japanese.

She obtained her first belt in Japanese martial arts in1989. In 1990, she started working at the martial arts centerTokyo Kyumeiken Dojo. She divided her time between Japanand the Czech Republic. In 1995, she was appointed Secre-tary General of the Nozomi (Hope) foundation, the futureCenter of Japanese Culture and Martial Arts in Hradec Kr·-lovÈ.

In 1996, the Japanese radio station NHK Radio broadcastprograms by är·mkov· about Czech culture. In addition toher own extensive lecturing and promotional efforts, är·m-kov· has also actively participated in the representative, pre-sentational and media activities of the Czech Republicís em-bassy in Tokyo.

In 1997, she had the privilege of being invited to the Im-perial Palace for an audience with Her Majesty Empress Mi-chiko.

The Japanese press has continuously carried informationon är·mkov·ís discussions in schools of various typesthroughout Japan, which have won her a great deal of popu-larity among the Japanese youth. A book on är·mkov·ís ac-tivities in the field of Czech-Japanese relations entitledA Challenge For the Future was published in Japan in 1998.


KAREL A OLGA

VELANOVI

KanadaCanada

Oba manûelÈ se narodili r. 1918 v BrnÏ. Po r. 1948 emigro-vali do Kanady. Zde se postupem doby stali ˙spÏön˝mi pod-nikateli.

Po celÈ obdobÌ emigrace byli ËinnÌ v krajanskÈm hnutÌa v˝raznÏ podporovali hlavnÏ dobroËinnÈ akce a koncertyv·ûnÈ hudby Ëesk˝ch klasik˘. P¯ispÌvali na charitativnÌ akti-vity ve svÏtÏ a v r. 1989 se zaslouûili o prvnÌ pozitivnÌ v˝-sledky V boru dobrÈ v˘le ñ Nadace Olgy HavlovÈ. V r. 1991zorganizovali cestu Olgy HavlovÈ do Kanady a postupnÏ za-slali do »R vÌce neû p˘l milionu dolar˘ na charitativnÌ a hu-manit·rnÌ akce (nap¯Ìklad akce charita Blansko, dÏtsk· ne-mocnice Brno, st·ûe Ëesk˝ch lÈka¯˘ v USA a KanadÏ, olym-pi·dy ment·lnÏ postiûen˝ch, pomoc p¯i povodnÌch apod.).

V r. 1991 zaloûil Karel Velan spoleËnÏ s Josefem SukemNadaci (Fond) AntonÌna Dvo¯·ka, s jejÌû pomocÌ jsou orga-nizov·ny soutÏûe mlad˝ch kanadsk˝ch interpret˘ ËeskÈ hud-by.

Velanovi p¯ispÌvajÌ k dobrÈmu jmÈnu svÈ vlasti p¯i stycÌchs politiky, podnikateli i sdÏlovacÌmi prost¯edky. Karel Velank tomu vyuûÌv· i svÈho postavenÌ prezidenta Kanadsko-Ëes-kÈ obchodnÌ komory v TorontÏ.

Karel and Olga Velan were both born in 1918 in Brno,Czech Republic. They emigrated to Canada after 1948, whe-re they gradually became successful entrepreneurs.

Throughout their time in Canada, they have been active inthe compatriot movement and have provided substantial sup-port to charitable events and Czech classical music concerts.They contributed to charitable activities around the globe,and were instrumental in 1989 in ensuring the first positiveresults of the Committee of Good Willñ Olga Havlov· Foun-dation. In 1991, they arranged for Olga Havlov·ís trip to Ca-nada, and in total sent more than USD 500,000 to the CzechRepublic for charity and humanitarian projects (e.g. the Blan-sko Charity project, the Brno Children Hospital, internshipsfor Czech doctors in the United States and Canada, events forthe mentally handicapped, flood relief, etc.).

In 1991, Karel Velan and Josef Suk set up the AntonÌnDvo¯·k Foundation (Fund), which helps organize competiti-ons for young Canadian performers of Czech music.

The Velans contribute to the good reputation of the CzechRepublic through their contact with politicians, entrepre-neurs, and the media. To this end, Karel Velan also draws onhis position as President of the Canada ñ Czech RepublicChamber of Commerce in Toronto.




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DR. H. C. MILAN VYHNÁLEK

AustrálieAustralia

Narodil se r. 1925 v Hn·tnici, okres ⁄stÌ nad OrlicÌ. Por. 1948 byl komunistick˝m reûimem vÏznÏn, ale poda¯ilo semu uprchnout a odcestovat do Austr·lie. Tam zaËal v r. 1955samostatnÏ podnikat v oboru v˝roby s˝r˘. Jeho firma bylamimo¯·dnÏ ˙spÏön· a o dvacet let pozdÏji zah·jila export dojihov˝chodnÌ Asie, Japonska, USA a Evropy.

V 80. letech sponzoroval opravu kostela ve svÈ rodnÈ ob-ci Hn·tnice.

Od r. 1990 sponzoruje studijnÌ pobyty Ëesk˝ch absolvent˘VysokÈ ökoly zemÏdÏlskÈ v Tasm·nii. Za to byl odmÏnÏn titu-lem doktor honoris causa na VysokÈm uËenÌ zemÏdÏlskÈmv Praze a v Ëervnu 1994 zÌskal »ervenou peËeù se zlatou me-dailÌ na ZemÏdÏlskÈ univerzitÏ v BrnÏ. V novÈ vlasti obdrûelv r. 1972 poprvÈ a v r. 1993 podruhÈ ÿ·d Austr·lie.

Je aktivnÌ v mÌstnÌ krajanskÈ komunitÏ a pat¯Ì mezi nej-zn·mÏjöÌ a nejv˝znaËnÏjöÌ ËeskÈ krajany v Austr·lii.

Milan Vyhn·lek was born in 1925 in Hn·tnice, in the di-strict of ⁄stÌ nad OrlicÌ, Czech Republic. After 1948 he wasimprisoned by the communist regime, but managed to esca-pe and make his way to Australia, where he set himself upin business in the cheese making sector. His company wasextremely successful and, twenty years later, he startedexporting to southeast Asia, Japan, the United States andEurope.

In the 1980s, he sponsored the repair of the church in hisnative village of Hn·tnice.

Since 1990, Mr. Vyhn·lek has sponsored study placementsin Tasmania for Czech graduates of the Czech University ofAgriculture, for which he has been awarded the honorary tit-le of doctor honoris causa at the Agricultural University inPrague. In June 1994 he received the Red Seal and Gold Me-dal of the Agricultural University in Brno. In his new home-land he was awarded the Order of Australia in 1972 and thenagain in 1993.

He has been an active member of the local Czech compat-riot community, and is one of the best-known and most pro-minent Czech compatriots in Australia.


MARGARETA

WALDSTEINOVÁ-WARTENBERGOVÁ

Rakousko – ČRAustria – Czech Republic

Narodila se r. 1927 v Lond˝nÏ. Od r. 1950 se datuje posky-tov·nÌ pomoci jejÌ rodiny Ëesk˝m krajan˘m. Pracovala sesv˝m druh˝m manûelem dr. Bertholdem Waldsteinem z T¯e-bÌËe a Karlem Schwarzenbergem v Opus Melitensis Bohemi-ae, sdruûenÌ zahraniËnÌch maltÈzsk˝ch rytÌ¯˘, kte¯Ì pom·halidistribuovat do »ech lÈky, potraviny a obleËenÌ.

Na p¯·nÌ ArcibiskupstvÌ praûskÈho pom·halo sdruûenÌv r. 1989 organizovat cestu z Ëesk˝ch zemÌ do ÿÌma k svato-¯eËenÌ blahoslavenÈ Aneûky »eskÈ. Po listopadu 1989 zalo-ûili ËlenovÈ Opus Melitensis Bohemiae jako svou n·stupnic-kou organizaci »eskou maltÈzskou pomoc v Praze a Olomou-ci, v nÌû se M. Waldsteinov·-Wartenbergov· stala v r. 1994prezidentkou.

V souËinnosti s organizacÌ Akce sv. Luk·öe, kde pracovaliËlenovÈ »eskÈho velkop¯evorstvÌ SuverÈnnÌho ¯·du maltÈz-sk˝ch rytÌ¯˘, posÌlala M. Waldsteinov·-Wartenbergov· do na-öÌ republiky velkÈ mnoûstvÌ lÈk˘ (hodnota tÏchto dod·vek jenza lÈta 1989-97 Ëinila 21,5 mil. KË). LÈky byly zajiöùov·nyod r˘zn˝ch subjekt˘ jako natur·lnÌ sponzorskÈ dary, nebo n·-kupem za penÌze zÌskanÈ od sponzor˘ v Rakousku. DalöÌmip¯Ìjemci po r. 1989 byly nemocnice v Olomouci, v Praze podPet¯Ìnem a v AlbrechticÌch.

M. Waldsteinov·-Wartenbergov· osobnÏ dohlÌûela na pro-gram »eskÈ maltÈzskÈ pomoci, jehoû cÌlem byla oprava 260byt˘ zdevastovan˝ch z·plavami v r. 1997.

K 31. prosinci 1998 rezignovala na funkci prezidentky»eskÈ maltÈzskÈ pomoci, nad·le vöak z˘st·v· aktivnÌ v orga-nizacÌch Akce sv. Luk·öe a Verein SERVO v Rakousku (hlav-nÌ ˙lohou Verein SERVO je finanËnÌ a dalöÌ podpora ËeskÈobecnÏ prospÏönÈ spoleËnosti SERVO, kter· pom·h· misijnÌ-mu st¯edisku na barrandovskÈm sÌdliöti v Praze 5).

Margareta Waldstein-Wartenberg was born in 1927 in Lon-don. Since 1950 her family has assisted Czech compatriots.She worked with her second husband, Dr. Berthold Wald-stein of T¯ebÌË, and with Karel Schwarzenberg, in Opus Me-litensis Bohemiae, an association of foreign Maltese Knightswho helped distribute pharmaceuticals, food and clothes tothe Czech Republic.

At the behest of the Archbishopric of Prague, in 1989 theassociation helped organize a trip from the Czech Republic toRome to mark the canonization of Blessed Agnes of Bohe-mia. After November 1989, members of Opus Melitensis Bo-hemiae established Czech Maltese Aid in Prague and Olo-mouc as a successor organization, of which Waldstein-War-tenberg became the president in 1994.

In cooperation with the organization St. Luke Action, whe-re members of the Bohemian Grand Priory of the SovereignMilitary Order of Malta worked, Waldstein-Wartenberg ship-ped large amounts of pharmaceuticals to the Czech Republic(the value of those shipments only for the years 1989 ñ 1997totaled CZK 21.5 million). The pharmaceuticals were obtai-ned from various entities in the form of in-kind sponsor do-nations, or were purchased out of the funds raised from spon-sors in Austria. After 1989, additional beneficiaries includedhospitals in Olomouc, in Prague (the Pod Pet¯Ìnem hospital)and in Albrechtice.

Waldstein-Wartenberg personally supervized the CzechMaltese Aid program, objective of which was to repair 260flats devastated by floods in 1997.

On December 31, 1998, she resigned as president of CzechMaltese Aid, but continues to be active in the organizationsSaint Luke Action and Verein SERVO in Austria (VereinSERVOís principal mission is to provide financial and otherforms of support to SERVO, a Czech non-profit organizationassisting a missionary center in the Barrandov housing esta-te in Prague 5).




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MGR. SRI KUMAR

VISHWANATHAN

Indie – ČRIndia – Czech Republic

Narodil se r. 1963 v indickÈm st·tÏ Kerala. Na vysokoökol-sk˝ch studiÌch v MoskvÏ se sezn·mil s Ëeskou studentkou,s nÌû se oûenil a odstÏhoval do »R.

V roce 1992 se z˙Ëastnil projektu dvojjazyËnÈho ökolstvÌa podÌlel se na zaloûenÌ anglickÈ sekce gymn·zia v Olomou-ci ñ HejËÌnÏ. Zde p˘sobil aû do roku 1997.

P¯i katastrof·lnÌch z·plav·ch v r. 1997 se rozhodl aktivnÏpomoci postiûen˝m lidem. SdÌlel provizornÌ bydlenÌ s rom-sk˝mi rodinami zasaûen˝mi p¯ÌrodnÌ pohromou. V tomtoprost¯edÌ p˘sobil jako soci·lnÌ pracovnÌk a pom·hal Rom˘ms vy¯izov·nÌm obËansko-pr·vnÌch z·leûitostÌ, obstar·val byd-lenÌ apod. ⁄ËinnÏ bojoval proti xenofobnÌm n·lad·m mezistarousedlÌky v okolÌ. DÌky jeho p˘sobenÌ bylo svÈpomocnÏvybudov·no lok·lnÌ komunitnÌ centrum. Na krytÌ jeho n·kla-d˘ p¯ispÏly nÏkterÈ dom·cÌ a zahraniËnÌ humanit·rnÌ nadace.V r. 1998 zaloûil spoleËnÏ s nÏkolika spolupracovnÌky ob-ËanskÈ sdruûenÌ Vz·jemnÈ souûi t Ì .

AngaûovanostÌ v soci·lnÌ oblasti se mu poda¯ilo zklidnitmÌstnÌ napjatou atmosfÈru a navodit komunikaci mezi rom-skou menöinou a vÏtöinov˝m prost¯edÌm. AktivnÏ se angaûo-val proti exodu Rom˘ do zahraniËÌ. SouËasnÏ vyuËoval ang-lick˝ jazyk na CÌrkevnÌ z·kladnÌ ökole P. Pittra v OstravÏ.

V r. 1998 mu Nadace Charty 77 udÏlila Cenu FrantiökaKriegla.

Sri Kumar Vishwanathan was born in 1963 in the state ofKerala, India. During his university studies in Moscow hemet and married a Czech girl, and they moved to the CzechRepublic.

In 1992, he participated in a project of bilingual educationand took part in establishing an English language section atthe Grammar School in Olomouc - HejËÌn, where he workeduntil 1997.

During the disastrous floods in 1997 he decided to provideactive help to the victims. He shared a makeshift accommo-dation facility with Roma families hit by the disaster. In thisenvironment, he worked as a social worker and assisted theRoma in handling civil legal matters, organized housing forthem, etc. He fought effectively against xenophobic moodsamong the permanent inhabitants in the vicinity. A local com-munity center was built thanks to his efforts. Several Czechand foreign humanitarian organizations contributed to itscosts. With several colleagues, he founded the Mutual Li feTogether civic association in 1998.

His personal involvement in social matters helped himease the local tense atmosphere and establish communicationbetween the Roma minority and the majority population. Heworked actively against the exodus of the Roma to foreigncountries. At the same time, he taught English at the ChurchElementary School of P. Pitter in Ostrava.

In 1998, he received the Frantiöek Kriegl Award from theCharter 77 Foundation.


Centrum, jehoû z·kladnu tvo¯ilo p˘vodnÏ 250 Ëesk˝ch kra-jan˘ a italsk˝ch obËan˘ za p¯edsednictvÌ Ivany BroûovÈ,uskuteËnilo od svÈho vzniku v r. 1994 ¯adu v˝stav v˝tvarnÈ-ho umÏnÌ, fotografie a literatury, kterÈ propagovaly na vyso-kÈ profesion·lnÌ ˙rovni Ëeskou kulturu.

StandardnÌm zamÏ¯enÌm Centra se stalo seznamov·nÌ ital-skÈho publika s folklorem a n·rodnÌmi tradicemi za ˙Ëastiznalc˘ lidovÈ tvorby a umÏleck˝ch ¯emesel z »eskÈ repub-liky.

V r. 1995 Centrum rozöÌ¯ilo svou p˘sobnost i na oblast tu-ristiky zamÏ¯enÈ na historickÈ bohatstvÌ a p¯ÌrodnÌ kr·sy»ech a Moravy. S touto aktivitou souvisely soutÏûe uspo¯·-danÈ v souËinnosti se st¯ednÌmi ökolami v TurÌnÏ a zamÏ¯enÈna znalosti o »R.

Aktivita Centra prokazovala smysl pro zmÏny probÌhajÌcÌv ËeskÈ spoleËnosti a pro jejÌ priority: Centrum zorganizova-lo na italskÈ i ËeskÈ akademickÈ p˘dÏ p¯edn·öky odbornÌk˘z oblasti ekonomie, bankovnictvÌ a podnik·nÌ. Vyd·v·valozpravodaj Notiziario Doba, kter˝ sledoval dÏnÌ v »R, bilate-r·lnÌ styky mezi »R a It·liÌ a informoval o programech Ev-ropskÈ unie pro zemÏ st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌ Evropy.

éivot Centra byl sledov·n turÌnskou ve¯ejnostÌ p¯Ìmoi prost¯ednictvÌm tamÏjöÌho tisku. Centrum spolupracovalos obdobn˝mi za¯ÌzenÌmi jin˝ch zemÌ v TurÌnÏ, prosadilo seuvnit¯ organizaËnÌch a spr·vnÌch struktur mÏsta TurÌna a tÏ-öilo se jeho mor·lnÌ podpo¯e. P¯ispÏlo takÈ ke sblÌûenÌ part-nersk˝ch mÏst TurÌna a PlznÏ.

Centrum ukonËilo k 31. 12. 2000 svoji Ëinnost.

Since its foundation in 1994, the Center, with an initial ba-se of 250 Czech compatriots and Italian citizens under thepresidency of Ivana Broûov·, has organized a number of ex-hibitions of art, photography and literature, designed to pro-mote Czech culture at a high professional level.

The Centerís standard focus was to present Czech folkloreand national traditions to the Italian public, with the partici-pation of folklore experts and craftsmen from the Czech Re-public.

In 1995, the Center expanded its activities to include tou-rism, specializing in the historic heritage and natural beautiesof Bohemia and Moravia. This activity was combined withcompetitions organized in cooperation with secondary schoolsin Turin which tested knowledge of the Czech Republic.

The Centerís activities reflected the changes taking placein Czech society and its priorities: the Center organized lec-tures by experts in economics, banking and business at Itali-an and Czech academic institutions. It also published thenewsletter Notiziario Doba, monitoring developments in theCzech Republic, bilateral contacts between the Czech Re-public and Italy, and providing information about the pro-grams of the European Union for Central and Eastern Euro-pean countries.

The public in Turin were able to come into contact with theCenterís life both directly and through the local press. TheCenter cooperated with similar institutions of other countriesin Turin, carved out a niche for itself in the organizationaland administrative structures of Turin. It also contributed tothe rapprochement of Turin and PlzeÚ as twin cities.

The Center ended its activities on December 31, 2000.


ČESKO-ITALSKÉ KULTURNÍCENTRUM DOBA V TURÍNĚ,Itálie

DOBA CZECH-ITALIANCULTURAL CENTER IN TORINO,Italy

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AMERIČTÍ PŘÁTELÉ ČESKÉ REPUBLIKYUSA

SpoleËnost byla zaloûena r. 1995 za ˙Ëelem podpory a pro-sazov·nÌ Ëesk˝ch z·jm˘ v USA. Je neziskovou organizacÌs celoamerickou p˘sobnostÌ. M· 200 Ëlen˘, p¯ev·ûnÏ americ-k˝ch obËan˘ ËeskÈho p˘vodu. Mezi Ëestn˝mi Ëleny je ¯adav˝znamn˝ch osobnostÌ jako H. Kissinger, M. Forman, M.Navr·tilov·, astronaut J. Lovell a dalöÌ. SpoleËnost je podpo-rov·na nÏkter˝mi v˝znamn˝mi podnikatelsk˝mi subjekty.JejÌm posl·nÌm je informovat americkÈ p¯edstavitele, d˘leûi-tÈ organizace, obchodnÌ kruhy a mÈdia o cÌlech a aspiracÌch»eskÈ republiky, jakoû i posilovat Ëesko-americkÈ vztahyv nejr˘znÏjöÌch oblastech.

SpoleËnost se sv˝mi aktivitami snaûÌ vyplnit vakuum, kte-rÈ existuje mezi Ëesko-americk˝mi organizacemi v USA ñ tj.fungovat jako organizace h·jÌcÌ ËeskÈ z·jmy. JednÌm z jejÌchhlavnÌch cÌl˘ byla od poË·tku podpora vstupu »R do NATO.»innost spoleËnosti se opÌr· o pomoc ze strany nÏkter˝chËesko-americk˝ch krajansk˝ch spolk˘.

Zakladatelem AFoCR je Robert W. Doubek, kter˝ m·bohatÈ organizaËnÌ zkuöenosti se zÌsk·v·nÌm financÌ a reali-zov·nÌm r˘zn˝ch projekt˘. K nejaktivnÏjöÌm Ëlen˘m AFoCRpat¯Ì nÏkolik vlivn˝ch osob s pr·vnick˝m vzdÏl·nÌm, zejmÈ-na b˝val˝ prezident spoleËnosti Mil ton »ern˝, zn·m˝americk˝ odbornÌk na neziskovÈ organizace, a poradce AFo-CR JUDr. VladimÌr Kabeö, spoluzakladatel SVU a v˝-znamn˝ exilov˝ pracovnÌk.

SpoleËnost v˝znamnou mÏrou p¯ispÏla k p¯ijetÌ feder·lnÌ-ho z·kona, kter˝ umoûnil z¯ÌzenÌ pomnÌku T. G. Masarykav hlavnÌm mÏstÏ USA, a vyhl·sila pro realizaci projektu ce-loamerickou sbÌrku. Socha TGM byla odhalena za p¯Ìtom-nosti prezidenta V·clava Havla 19. z·¯Ì 2002.

SpoleËnost rovnÏû zorganizovala v USA sbÌrku na pomocp¯i likvidaci ökod, zp˘soben˝ch z·plavami v »R v srpnu2002.

SpoleËnost vyd·v· kaûdÈ dva mÏsÌce v n·kladu 1.200 v˝-tisk˘ Ëty¯str·nkov˝ bulletin American Friends of the CzechRepublic Newsletter.


This society was founded in 1995 to support and promoteCzech interests in the United States. It is a non-profit organi-zation with a nationwide reach. It has 200 members, mostlyU.S. nationals of Czech origin. Its honorary members inclu-de a number of eminent personalities, such as H. Kissin-ger, M. Forman, M. Navr·tilov·, and the astronaut J. Lovell.The society is supported by top businesses. Its mission is toinform U.S. representatives, important organizations, busi-ness circles and the media about the objectives and aspirati-ons of the Czech Republic, and to strengthen Czech-Ameri-can relations in various areas.

Through its activities, the society tries to fill the gap be-tween Czech-American organizations in the United Statesñ i.e. to act as a pro-Czech oriented advocacy organization.From the outset, one of its main objectives has been to sup-port the Czech Republicís admission to NATO. The socie-tyís activities rely on the support of Czech-American com-patriot associations.

AFoCR was founded by Robert W. Doubek, who hasa wealth of organizational experience in fundraising and theimplementation of various projects. AFoCRís most activemembers include several influential persons with a legalbackground, in particular the former president of the society,Mil ton »ern˝, the well-known American expert in thefield of non-profit organizations, and an advisor to AFoCR,JUDr. VladimÌr Kabeö, one of the co-founders of SVUand an eminent exile worker.

The society was instrumental in ensuring the enactment ofa federal statute enabling the creation of the T. G. MasarykMemorial in the capital of the United States, and organizeda nationwide financial collection for the implementation ofthe project. The statue of TGM was unveiled in the presenceof President V·clav Havel on September 19, 2002.

The society also organized a financial collection in theUnited States to help clear up the damage caused by floods inthe Czech Republic in August 2002.

Every two months, AFoCR publishes its four-page Ameri-can Friends of the Czech Republic Newsletter, which hasa print run of 1,200 copies.


AMERICAN FRIENDS

OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC (AFOCR), USA



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Historicky prvnÌ Ëesk˝ spolek byl ve äv˝carsku zaloûenjiû v r. 1861. V r. 1915 byl z iniciativy T. G. Masaryka za-loûen ⁄st¯ednÌ svaz Ëesk˝ch spolk˘ ve äv˝carsku. V r. 1939ËeskÈ spolky zaËaly podporovat n·ö zahraniËnÌ odboj, zajiö-ùovaly jeho publicitu ve öv˝carskÈm tisku a po¯·daly penÏ-ûitÈ sbÌrky.

NovÈ impulzy pro Ëinnost p¯inesl komunistick˝ puË v »es-koslovensku v roce 1948, ale omezenÌm byla tehdejöÌ re-striktivnÌ politika äv˝carska v˘Ëi exulant˘m.

V˝raznÈ oûivenÌ Ëinnosti Ës. spolk˘ p¯ineslo obdobÌ por. 1968, kterÈ bylo prov·zeno masivnÌm p¯Ìlivem nov˝chexulant˘ (10 ñ 15 tisÌc). »innost byla nejprve soust¯edÏna napomoc nov˝m p¯istÏhovalc˘m, brzy potÈ i na vytv·¯enÌ pod-mÌnek pro vz·jemn· setk·v·nÌ a zachov·nÌ vÏdomÌ n·rodnÌidentity. »s. spolky konaly velkÈ protestnÌ demonstrace pro-ti sovÏtskÈ okupaci za ˙Ëasti angaûovanÈ öv˝carskÈ ve¯ej-nosti, vzpomÌnkovÈ akce na pamÏù Jana Palacha, u p¯Ìleûi-tosti 28. ¯Ìjna, narozenin TGM, M. R. ätef·nika apod.V r. 1968 zaËal vych·zet tiskov˝ org·n spolk˘, informaËnÌËasopis Zpravodaj.

V normalizaËnÌm obdobÌ spolky usilovaly o propagaci b˝-valÈho svobodnÈho »eskoslovenska, podporovaly signat·¯eCharty 77 a pron·sledovanÈ disidenty s jejich rodinami. Z je-jich iniciativy byla k 28. ¯Ìjnu 1989 p¯ejmenov·na ulicev blÌzkosti sÌdla OSN v éenevÏ na ulici T. G. Masaryka.V r. 1976 a 1986 spolky uspo¯·daly v Curychu slety sokol˘z celÈho svÏta. 21. 8. 1988 organizoval Svaz spolk˘ t¯ÌdennÌ

protestnÌ akci v Curychu, oznaËovanou za nejvÏtöÌ protestnÌakci v historii exilu.

V listopadu 1989 a kr·tce potÈ Ës. spolky ve äv˝carskuokamûitÏ reagovaly na politickÈ zmÏny vyvolanÈ rozpademsovÏtskÈho impÈria. Organizovaly r˘znÈ formy pomoci de-mokratick˝m sil·m starÈ vlasti (finanËnÌ pomoc, poËÌtaËe,tisk·rny, faxy, zdravotnickÈ pom˘cky a lÈËiva, st·ûe pro Ëes-kÈ lÈka¯e a zaËÌnajÌcÌ podnikatele ve äv˝carsku, rekreaËnÌpobyty ekologicky ohroûen˝ch Ëesk˝ch dÏtÌ v Alp·ch apod.).

St¯echov· organizace spolk˘ byla v r. 1995 p¯ejmenov·nana Svaz spolk˘ »ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ve äv˝carsku. V r. 2003 m·Svaz 18 Ëlensk˝ch spolk˘ s celkov˝m poËtem 1150 Ëlen˘,z toho je osm sokolsk˝ch jednot.

P¯i z·plav·ch v »R r. 1997 a 2002 organizoval Svaz spol-k˘ finanËnÌ a materi·lnÌ sbÌrky na pomoc postiûen˝m. Aktiv-nÏ se podÌlÌ na organizaci n·vötÏv sen·tor˘, poslanc˘, kultur-nÌch, vÏdeck˝ch a tÏlov˝chovn˝ch pracovnÌk˘ z »R. Po¯·d·spoleËnÈ kulturnÌ, sportovnÌ a politickÈ akce se öv˝carsk˝mi˙ËastnÌky.

SVAZ SPOLKŮ ČECHŮ A SLOVÁKŮ

VE ŠVÝCARSKU, Švýcarsko



The first Czech association in Switzerland was foundedback in 1861. In 1915, the Central Union of Czech Associa-tions in Switzerland was created on the initiative of T. G. Ma-saryk. In 1939, Czech associations began supporting Czechforeign resistance, providing publicity in the Swiss press andorganizing financial collections.

New impulses for the Unionís activity were brought aboutwhen the Communists came to power in Czechoslovakia in1948, but the restrictive policy exercised by Switzerland to-wards refugees at that time proved to be a limiting factor.

A considerable revitalization of Czechoslovak associationstook place after 1968, accompanied by a massive inflow ofnew refugees (between ten and fifteen thousand). At first, theUnionís activities focused on assisting the new arrivals, andsoon afterwards concentrated on creating conditions for thenew immigrants to meet each other and preserve their aware-ness of their national identity. Czechoslovak associations or-ganized major protest rallies against the Soviet occupation,joined by the people of Switzerland, and also arranged com-memorative events in memory of Jan Palach, on the occasi-on of October 28, T. G. Masarykís birthday, M. R. ätef·-nikís birthday, etc. The press organ of the compatriot associ-ations, the information magazine Zpravodaj (Herald), wasfirst published in 1968.

In the period of normalization, the associations sought topromote the erstwhile free Czechoslovakia, and voiced theirsupport for the signatories of Charter 77 and dissidents and

their families who had suffered persecution. A street near theUnited Nations headquarters in Geneva was renamed T. G.Masaryk Street on their initiative on October 28, 1989. In1976 and 1986, the associations organized rallies of Sokolmembers from all over the world in Zurich. On August 21,1988, the Union organized a three-day protest event in Zu-rich, referred to as the largest protest event in exile history.

In November 1989 and shortly thereafter, Czechoslovakcompatriot associations in Switzerland responded promptlyto the political changes caused by the disintegration of theSoviet Bloc. They organized various forms of aid to the de-mocratic forces in their old homeland (financial aid, compu-ters, printers, fax machines, medical aids and pharmaceuti-cals, internships in Switzerland for Czech doctors and begin-ner entrepreneurs, recreational stays in the Alps for Czechchildren from environmentally exposed areas, etc.).

In 1995, the umbrella organization of the compatriot asso-ciations was renamed the Union of Czechs and Slovaks inSwitzerland. In 2003, the Union had 18 member associationswith 1,150 members, of which eight were Sokol clubs.

During the floods in the Czech Republic in 1997 and 2002,the Union organized financial and material collections tohelp the victims. It actively participates in organizing the vi-sits of senators, deputies, and cultural, scientific and sportworkers from the Czech Republic. It organizes joint cultural,sport and political events with Swiss participants.

UNION OF CZECHS AND SLOVAKS

IN SWITZERLAND, Switzerland



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GAUTHIER COUSSEMENT

BelgieBelgium

Narodil se r. 1942 v belgickÈm Roulers. Vystudoval p¯ekla-datelstvÌ na univerzitÏ v Antverp·ch. Koncem 70. let se stalnez·visl˝m p¯ekladatelem a spolumajitelem hudebnÌho vy-davatelstvÌ.

Jiû ¯adu let spont·nnÏ podporuje Ëeskou kulturnÌ a intelek-tu·lnÌ p¯Ìtomnost v BelgickÈm kr·lovstvÌ. Ve spolupr·cis belgick˝mi ˙¯ady a ofici·lnÌmi kulturnÌmi institucemi inici-oval ¯adu Ëesko-belgick˝ch kulturnÌch projekt˘, nap . p¯Ìpra-vu a vyd·nÌ 5.000 v˝tisk˘ popul·rnÏ-nauËnÈ p¯ÌruËky probelgickÈ obdivovatele ËeskÈ hudby A la rencontre de la mu-sique tcheque, kter· vyöla jeho vlastnÌm n·kladem v r·mciedice belgickÈ MÈdiatcheque v dobÏ festivalu Europalia »es-k· republika 1998.

V raznÏ p¯ispÏl k zaloûenÌ St¯ediska Ëesk˝ch studiÌ p¯iSvobodnÈ univerzitÏ v Bruselu (˙nor 1998).

Producentsky zajiöùuje z vlastnÌch finanËnÌch zdroj˘ ¯adukulturnÌch akcÌ, jejichû smyslem je podpo¯it nav·z·nÌ p¯Ì-m˝ch kontakt˘ mezi belgick˝mi a Ëesk˝mi v˝tvarn˝mi umÏl-ci. Sponzoruje ubytov·nÌ mlad˝ch Ëesk˝ch umÏlc˘ doËasnÏp˘sobÌcÌch v Bruselu a okolÌ.

Born in 1942 in Roulers, Belgium, Mr. Coussement studiedtranslation at the University of Antwerp. In the late 1970s, hebecame a free-lance translator and co-owner of a music pub-lishing company.

For many years, Mr. Coussement has been a spontaneoussupporter of the Czech cultural and intellectual presence inthe Kingdom of Belgium. In cooperation with Belgian au-thorities and official cultural institutions, he has initiated nu-merous Czech-Belgian cultural projects, such as the prepara-tion and publication of a popularizing and informative hand-book for Belgian admirers of Czech music, A la rencontre dela musique tcheque, which he published at his own cost aspart of the Belgian MÈdiatcheque series at the time of theEuropalia Czech Republic 1998 festival.

He contributed significantly to the creation of the Centerfor Czech Studies at the Free University of Brussels (Februa-ry 1998).

He has drawn on his own funds to produce numerous cul-tural events, the purpose of which is to support the establish-ment of direct contacts between Belgian and Czech artists.He sponsors the accommodation of young Czech artists wor-king temporarily in Brussels and the surrounding area.


LADY MILENA

GRENFELL-BAINESOVÁ

Velká BritánieUnited Kingdom

Narodila se r. 1929 v Praze. V r. 1939 opustila »eskoslo-vensko jako jedno z poslednÌch ûidovsk˝ch dÏtÌ zachr·nÏ-n˝ch Nicholasem Wintonem p¯ed nacistickou genocidou.V r. 1954 se vdala za v˝znamnÈho britskÈho architekta SiraGeorge Grenfell-Bainese.

V 60. letech sponzorovala a organizovala ¯adu n·vötÏvËesk˝ch architekt˘ v severnÌ Anglii. V dobÏ, kdy Libor Pe-öek dirigoval Kr·lovskou liverpoolskou filharmonii (RLPO),byla Ëlenkou spr·vnÌ rady tohoto orchestru. PozdÏji, kdyû sestala Ëlenkou p¯edstavenstva Merseyside Youth Orchestra,zorganizovala jeho vystupov·nÌ v tehdejöÌm »eskoslo-vensku.

NadöenÏ pom·h· prohloubit z·jem britsk˝ch obËan˘ o Ëes-kou zemi, n·ö n·rod, kulturu, sport a ekonomiku. BÏhemdlouholetÈho p˘sobenÌ ve vedenÌ RLPO cÌlevÏdomÏ podpo-rovala ËeskÈ umÏlce a uv·dÏnÌ ËeskÈho reperto·ru. AktivnÏp¯ispÏla k ˙spÏch˘m tohoto hudebnÌho tÏlesa v »eskÈ repub-lice.

Je, mimo jinÈ, patronkou Nadace Emy DestinnovÈ.V r. 1997 se postarala o finanËnÌ zajiötÏnÌ benefiËnÌho kon-certu tÈto nadace ve prospÏch osob postiûen˝ch z·plavami.

DlouhodobÏ p˘sobila v r·mci komise Preston Twinning p¯ivyhled·v·nÌ sp¯·telen˝ch mÏst v »eskÈ republice a ˙zce spo-lupracovala s Halton College p¯i organizov·nÌ kaûdoroËnÌchv˝mÏnn˝ch pobyt˘ Ëesk˝ch a britsk˝ch student˘ hotelov˝chökol.

Lady GrenfellñBainesov· byla v letech 1998-2001 p¯ed-sedkynÌ nejv˝znamnÏjöÌho a nejpoËetnÏjöÌho krajanskÈhosdruûenÌ ve SpojenÈm kr·lovstvÌ, Britsko-Ëesko-slovenskÈasociace (British Czech and Slovak Association).

Milena Grenfell-Baines was born in 1929 in Prague. In1939, she left Czechoslovakia as one of the last Jewish child-ren saved from the Nazi genocide by Nicholas Winton. In1954, she married Sir George Grenfell-Baines, an eminentBritish architect.

In the 1960s, she sponsored and organized numerous visitsof Czech architects to northern England. At the time when Li-bor Peöek was conducting the Royal Liverpool PhilharmonicOrchestra (RLPO), she was a member of the Board of Trust-ees of the orchestra. Later, after becoming a member of theBoard of Directors of the Merseyside Youth Orchestra, sheorganized a performance in the then Czechoslovakia.

She enthusiastically helps in deepening the interest of Bri-tish citizens in the Czech Republic, the Czech nation, its cul-ture, sports and economy. In the course of the many years ofher work in the managing body of the RLPO, she has consi-stently supported Czech artists and the performance ofa Czech repertoire. She has actively contributed to theachievements of the orchestra in the Czech Republic.

She is a patron of the Ema Destinn Foundation. In 1997,she arranged the financial coverage for a benefit concert or-ganized by the foundation for victims of the floods.

She worked on a long-term basis as part of the PrestonTwinning commission in search of partner cities in the CzechRepublic, and has closely cooperated with Halton College inorganizing annual exchange stays of Czech and British stu-dents of hotel schools.

In 1998 ñ 2001, Lady GrenfellñBaines was the president ofthe most significant compatriot society with the largest mem-bership in the United Kingdom, the British Czech and SlovakAssociation.




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MUDR. WALTER KOTRBA

SRNGermany

Narodil se r. 1924 v Praze v rodinÏ demokraticky sm˝ölejÌcÌhosudetonÏmeckÈho politika. Po skonËenÌ v·lky byla rodina Kotrbo-v˝ch navzdory sv˝m antifaöistick˝m postoj˘m za¯azena do odsu-nu. V NÏmecku W. Kotrba vystudoval medicÌnu a mikrobiologii.

Jiû od 60. let se snaûÌ p¯ispÏt k utv·¯enÌ takov˝ch vztah˘ sesvou p˘vodnÌ vlastÌ, kterÈ by nezatÏûovala minulost. Byl jednÌmz prvnÌch organiz·tor˘ p¯ÌhraniËnÌ spolupr·ce sousednÌch bavor-sk˝ch a Ëesk˝ch region˘. Obci K¯akov, rodiöti svÈ matky, po-skytl finanËnÌ prost¯edky na opravu gotickÈho kostela. Byla tojedna z prvnÌch akcÌ toho druhu v polistopadovÈm »eskosloven-sku. Organizoval partnerstvÌ BiskupstvÌ ¯ezenskÈho s Domaûli-cemi. V sledkem byla mj. ¯ada v˝stav chodsk˝ch region·lnÌchumÏlc˘ v SRN.

V r. 1991 zaloûil Kruh, p˘vodnÏ diskusnÌ fÛrum obËan˘ okre-su Domaûlice a sousednÌch bavorsk˝ch okres˘. Jeho programembylo odstraÚov·nÌ bariÈr a nedorozumÏnÌ na obou stran·ch hra-nice formou osobnÌch kontakt˘, rozvÌjenÌ p¯·telsk˝ch vztah˘a spoleËnÈ pr·ce. Kruh postupnÏ rozöÌ¯il svoji p˘sobnost na ce-lou »R i SRN a aktivnÏ se zapojil takÈ do politick˝ch jedn·nÌo Ëesko-nÏmeckÈm usmÌ¯enÌ. V r. 1995 byla tato neform·lnÌ in-stituce zaregistrov·na jako obËanskÈ sdruûenÌ podle p¯Ìsluön˝chz·kon˘ na obou stran·ch hranice. Kruh se zaËal zab˝vat i poli-tick˝mi ot·zkami, vystupuje nap . aktivnÏ proti n·zor˘m radi-k·lnÌch skupin Svazu vyhnanc˘ a SudetonÏmeckÈho krajanskÈhosdruûenÌ, prosazujÌcÌch do vz·jemn˝ch vztah˘ »R a SRN ne-sn·öenlivost a nerealistickÈ poûadavky.

Pro nemoc a pokroËil˝ vÏk se dr. Kotrba vzdal v r. 1996 funk-ce v˝konnÈho p¯edsedy Kruhu, z˘stal vöak jeho Ëestn˝m p¯ed-sedou. PozornÏ sleduje jeho Ëinnost a aktivnÏ se jÌ ˙ËastnÌ.

Dr. Kotrba je rovnÏû spoluzakladatelem Unie pro dobrÈ vzta-hy s nÏmecky hovo¯ÌcÌmi zemÏmi.

Za jeho Ëinnost mu v r. 2003 vyslovilo uzn·nÌ SpolkovÈ mi-nisterstvo zahraniËÌ.

Walter Kotrba was born in 1924 in Prague into the family ofa democratically minded Sudetic German politician. After WorldWar II, the Kotrba family, despite their anti-fascist attitudes, wasincluded in the forcible resettlement, or expulsion, of Germansfrom Czechoslovakia. Kotrba studied medicine and microbiolo-gy in Germany.

Since the 1960s, Walter Kotrba has tried to contribute to thecultivation of relations with his original homeland which are freeof the burden of the past. He was one of the first organizers ofborderland cooperation between the neighboring Bavarian andCzech regions. He donated funds to the village K¯akov, hismotherís birthplace, for the repair of its Gothic church. This wasone of the first donations of this kind in post-1989 Czechoslova-kia. Walter Kotrba organized the partnership between the Bish-opric of Regensburg and Domaûlice, which resulted inter alia ina number of exhibitions of Chod regional artists in Germany.

In 1991, Walter Kotrba founded Kruh (Circle), originally a dis-cussion forum for citizens of the Domaûlice district and theneighboring Bavarian districts. Its mission was to eliminate barriersand misunderstanding on both sides of the border by establishingand strengthening personal contacts, developing friendly relati-ons, and working together. Kruh has gradually extended the sco-pe of its activities to the whole of the Czech Republic and Ger-many, and also became actively involved in political talks onCzech-German reconciliation. In 1995, this informal institutionwas registered as a civic association in accordance with the appli-cable laws in effect on both sides of the border. Kruh also beganto deal with political issues, for example by actively speaking outagainst the positions of radical groups of the Union of Expellees(Bund der Vertriebenen) and the Sudetic German Compatriot As-sociation, which have voiced intolerance and unrealistic demandsin the mutual relations of the Czech Republic and Germany.

Due to illness and his advanced age, Walter Kotrba resignedas executive chairman of Kruh in 1996, but continued to hold thepost of honorary chairman. He keeps a keen eye on its activitiesand is still an active participant.

Dr. Kotrba is also a co-founder of the Union for Good Relati-ons with German-speaking Countries.

Walter Kotrba received acknowledgement from the GermanFederal Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2003 for his activities.


ALAN LEVY

USA – ČRUSA – Czech Republic

Narodil se r. 1932 v New Yorku. Absolvoval novin·¯skou fakultuna BrownovÏ univerzitÏ. Do »eskoslovenska se dostal poprvÈv r. 1966 jako medi·lnÌ doprovod CincinnatskÈho symfonickÈho or-chestru. Rok potÈ p¯esÌdlil s rodinou do Prahy. V r. 1968 report·ûnÏzachytil pro Life a The New York Sunday Times invazi socialistic-k˝ch arm·d. V r. 1971 byl na¯Ëen ze öpion·ûe a vyhoötÏn z »esko-slovenska.

Po dvacetiletÈm p˘sobenÌ ve VÌdni jako novin· , spisovatel, mi-mo¯·dn˝ profesor na univerzitÏ, dramatik a autor libret se s man-ûelkou ValÈriÌ vr·til do Prahy.

SovÏtskou invazi ñ a vöe, co jÌ p¯edch·zelo ñ vylÌËil A. Levy nej-prve v anglicky psanÈ knize Rowboat to Prague (1972), jejÌû zkr·-cenou verzi PraûskÈ pe¯eje vydalo r. 1975 nakladatelstvÌ 68 Publis-hers Toronto a r. 1991 Primus Praha. Dotisk knihy nese n·zev SoMany Heroes.

V roce 1991 se A. Levy spolupodÌlel na zaloûenÌ anglicky psanÈ-ho t˝denÌku The Prague Post, kter˝ je pravidelnÏ zasÌl·n na velvy-slanectvÌ »R v zahraniËÌ.

A. Levy a jeho manûelka jsou z·roveÚ zapojeni do filantropickÈa charitativnÌ Ëinnosti v »R. Alan Levy je Ëlenem v˝boru obËanskÈ-ho sdruûenÌ ZachraÚme naöe dÏdictvÌ, zaloûenÈho Ëesk˝m krajanemve äv˝carsku Petrem Str·nsk˝m. P¯i svÈm periodiku spolupracuje sNadacÌ Prague Post, kter· sleduje dodrûov·nÌ lidsk˝ch pr·v. Man-ûelka Valerie je Ëlenkou VzpomÌnkovÈho v˝boru ZachraÚte Letya pracuje v romskÈm Ëasopise Romano Dûaniben.

Ve VelkÈ Brit·nii (1993) a USA (1994) vyölo stÏûejnÌ dÌlo A. Le-vyho Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File (Simon Wiesenthal a jehop¯Ìpady, Mlad· Fronta, 1996). Za tuto knihu byl v r. 1995 vyhl·öenve Spojen˝ch st·tech autorem roku.

V letech 1996ñ2002 p¯edn·öel A. Levy literaturu na letnÌch works-hopech a semin·¯Ìch Karlovy univerzity. 25. listopadu 1998 mÏlopraûskou premiÈru symfonickÈ requiem Rene Staara Just an Acci-dent, k nÌû napsal v 80. letech libreto. V r. 2001 vyöla v ËeskÈm p¯e-kladu druh· kniha tÏûÌcÌ ze zkuöenosti sovÏtskÈ invaze do »eskoslo-venska Good Men Still Live (Ëesky: J· jsem druh˝ »apek).

Alan Levy was born in 1932 in New York. He graduated from theSchool of Journalism at Brown University. He visited Czechoslova-kia for the first time in 1966 as a media representative accompany-ing the Cincinnati Symphonic Orchestra. A year later, he movedwith his family to Prague. In 1968, he covered the invasion of soci-alist armies for Life and The New York Sunday Times. In 1971, hewas accused of espionage and expelled from Czechoslovakia.

After twenty years in Vienna as a journalist, writer, university vi-siting professor, playwright and author of opera librettos, he return-ed with his wife Valerie to Prague.

Levy initially described the Soviet invasion ñ and all that prece-ded it ñ in his Rowboat to Prague (1972), a book written in English,whose abridged Czech version PraûskÈ pe¯eje (Prague Rapids) waspublished by the 68 Publishers Toronto publishing house in 1975and by Primus Praha in 1991. The second print of the book is en-titled So Many Heroes.

In 1991, Levy helped launch The Prague Post, an English-langu-age weekly newspaper published in Prague which is regularly di-stributed to the Czech Republicís embassies abroad.

Levy and his wife are also involved in philanthropic and chari-table activities in the Czech Republic. Alan is a member of thecommittee of the civic association Saving Our Heritage, founded inSwitzerland by the Czech compatriot Petr Str·nsk . Levy coopera-tes with Endowment the Prague Post, attached to his periodical,which monitors the observance of human rights. His wife Valerie isa member of the Save Lety Commemorative Committee and workswith the Roma magazine Romano Dûaniben.

Alan Levyís pivotal work Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File waspublished in the United Kingdom and United States (1993, 1994).

For it he was named U.S. Author of the Year in 1995. In theyears 1996ñ2002, Alan Levy gave lectures in literature at summerworkshops and seminars of Charles University. On November 25,1998, Rene Staarís symphonic requiem Just an Accident, for whichAlan Levy wrote the libretto in the 1980s, had its Prague premiere.His second book exploring his experience of the Soviet invasion inCzechoslovakia, Good Men Still Live, was published in 2001 ina Czech translation as J· jsem druh˝ »apek.




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PROF. JOSEF MATUŠEK

ChorvatskoCroatia

Narodil se r. 1920 v rodinÏ Ëesk˝ch emigrant˘ v chorvat-sk˝ch KonËenicÌch. Vystudoval chorvatötinu a jihoslovanskÈliteratury na univerzitÏ v Z·h¯ebu. Po zaloûenÌ PedagogickÈakademie v Pakraci se r. 1960 stal profesorem chorvatötinya Ëeötiny na gymn·ziu v Daruvaru. V r. 1964 absolvoval post-gradu·lnÌ studium v Praze.

V r. 1967 p¯evzal v Daruvaru funkci ¯editele ËeskÈho vy-davatelstvÌ Jednota. P¯ipravil ËÌtanky pro vyööÌ t¯Ìdy Ëesk˝chz·kladnÌch ökol v Chorvatsku, p¯eloûil Pedagogiku p¯edökol-nÌho vÏku a spolupracoval jako dopisovatel s r˘zn˝mi novi-nami v mÌstÏ a ve starÈ vlasti. V raznÏ ovlivÚoval i krajan-skou liter·rnÌ tvorbu a zaslouûil se o jejÌ rozvoj.

Mimo svou pr·ci v JednotÏ se vÏnoval studiu dÏjin ËeskÈn·rodnosti v Chorvatsku. Jako historik ËeskÈho Chorvatskapublikoval nap . tyto pr·ce: DvÏ stÏ let pospolu (1991), »eöiv Chorvatsku (1994), »eöi v Z·h¯ebu (1994) a »eöi v BosnÏa HercegovinÏ (1996).

V letech 1983-86 byl Josef Matuöek p¯edsedou Svazu »e-ch˘ a Slov·k˘ v Republice Chorvatsko. I pozdÏji byl ËlenemvedenÌ Svazu, v poslednÌ dobÏ pak p¯edsedou Rady pro dÏji-ny a dokumentaci Svazu »ech˘ v Republice Chorvatsko.

Josef Matuöek zem¯el v r. 2003.

Josef Matuöek was born in 1920 into the family of Czechimmigrants in KonËenice, Croatia. He studied the Croatianlanguage and south Slavic literature at university in Zagreb.After establishing the Pedagogic Academy in Pakrac, he be-came professor of the Croatian and Czech languages at thegrammar school in Daruvar in 1960. In 1964, he completedhis post-graduate studies in Prague.

In 1967, he was appointed the managing director of theCzech publishing company Jednota in Daruvar. He designeda reader textbook for higher grades of Czech elementaryschools in Croatia, translated the Pedagogy of the Pre-schoolAge, and cooperated as correspondent with various newspa-pers in Croatia and in his old homeland. He also significantlyinfluenced compatriot literature and was instrumental in itsdevelopment.

Besides his work with Jednota, he devoted his time to stu-dying the history of the Czech ethnic minority in Croatia. Asa historian of the Czech Croatia, he published inter alia thefollowing: Two Centuries Together (1991), Czechs in Croa-tia (1994), Czechs in Zagreb (1994) and Czechs in Bosniaand Herzegovina (1996).

In the years 1983 ñ 1986, Josef Matuöek was active as thepresident of the Union of Czechs and Slovaks in the Republicof Croatia. Later on, he continued to be a member of the ma-naging body of the Union, and most was recently the chair-man of the Council for the History and Documentation of theUnion of Czechs in the Republic of Croatia.

Josef Matuöek died in 2003.


EVA MARENČÁKOVÁ

LucemburskoLuxembourg

Narodila se r. 1941, v r. 1969 p¯eruöila lÈka¯sk· studiaa odeöla s manûelem do Lucemburska. V r. 1992 otev¯elav pronajatÈm bytÏ v hlavnÌm mÏstÏ kancel·¯ Bohemia-Info,kde dvÏ odpoledne v t˝dnu pod·v· informace zejmÈna Lu-cemburËan˘m, kte¯Ì se zajÌmajÌ o n·vötÏvu v »eskÈ republi-ce. Nez¯Ìdka poskytuje ˙toËiötÏ a pomoc Ëesk˝m obËan˘m,kte¯Ì se v Lucembursku ocitli v nouzi, tlumoËÌ jim apod., vöez nadöenÌ a bezplatnÏ.

Organizuje v˝stavy a koncerty Ëesk˝ch umÏlc˘ v Lucem-bursku, jimû poskytuje i pohostinnÈ z·zemÌ. Mezi tyto akcepat¯Ì v·noËnÌ a velikonoËnÌ v˝stavy, prezentace Ëesk˝ch hu-debnÌch interpret˘, Dny ËeskÈ kuchynÏ apod. JejÌm velk˝m˙spÏchem je zorganizov·nÌ t¯ech vystoupenÌ PraûskÈho ko-mornÌho baletu v ThÈ‚tre Municipial Luxembourg.

Spolupracuje s agenturou CzechTourism, s ˙¯ady, galerie-mi a dalöÌmi kulturnÌmi institucemi a umÏleck˝mi souboryu n·s. Spolu se sv˝m manûelem se podÌlela na realizaci pa-mÏtnÌ desky Jana Palacha na N·mÏstÌ Jana Palacha v Lu-cemburku. Mezi konkrÈtnÌ akce, kterÈ zorganizovala, pat¯Ìi kurzy Ëeötiny a z·jezdy do »ech.

Spolu s manûelem je Ëlenkou Spolku Ëesko-slovensko-lu-cemburskÈho p¯·telstvÌ.

Eva MarenË·kov· was born in 1941. In 1969, she droppedout of medical studies and left for Luxembourg with her hus-band. In 1992, she opened an information office called Bo-hemia-Info in a rented apartment in the capital, where, twoafternoons a week, she provides information to Luxembour-gers interested in visiting the Czech Republic. She also pro-vides shelter and assistance to Czech citizens who findthemselves in difficulties in Luxembourg, interprets forthem, etc., with enthusiasm and free of charge.

She organizes exhibitions and concerts of Czech artists inLuxembourg, to whom she also offers a hospitable base. The-se events include Christmas and Easter exhibitions, presenta-tions of Czech music performers, Days of Czech Cuisine, etc.One of her outstanding successes is three performances bythe Prague Chamber Ballet at the ThÈ‚tre Municipial Lu-xembourg.

She cooperates with the agency CzechTourism, withauthorities, galleries, and with other cultural institutions andart ensembles in the Czech Republic. Together with herhusband, she helped install the commemorative plaque of JanPalach at Jan Palach Square in Luxembourg. Her activitieshave included Czech language courses and the organizationof trips to the Czech Republic.

Eva MarenË·kov· and her husband are members of the As-sociation of Czech-Slovak-Luxembourg Friendship.




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GRAHAM MELVILLE-MASON


Narodil se r. 1933 v Newportu. Vystudoval v EdinburghuhudebnÌ fakultu tamnÌ univerzity. V r. 1968 zaloûil na tÈto fa-kultÏ oddÏlenÌ pro historickÈ hudebnÌ n·stroje.

V r. 1975 zÌskal stipendium Winstona Churchilla a potÈstr·vil rok v hudebnÌch archivech zemÌ st¯ednÌ Evropy, vËet-nÏ tehdejöÌho »eskoslovenska. Od tÈ doby se datuje jeho z·-jem o naöi hudebnÌ historii i souËasnost. Od konce 70. let pra-coval pro BBC.

Od r. 1990 pob˝v· Ëty¯i aû pÏt mÏsÌc˘ v roce v »eskÈ re-publice. Je p¯edsedou poradnÌho sboru Nadace PraûskÈho ja-ra a souËasnÏ konzultantem festivalu PraûskÈ jaro (od roku1990). V r. 1992 se stal hostujÌcÌm profesorem Karlovy uni-verzity. Ve VelkÈ Brit·nii zast·v· jiû od r. 1987 funkci p¯ed-sedy Dvo¯·kovy spoleËnosti. Jeho p¯iËinÏnÌm bylo zaloûenostipendium Dvo¯·kovy spoleËnosti na DarlingtonskÈ mezin·-rodnÌ letnÌ ökole (od r. 1999).

V r. 1990 zaloûil Britsko-Ëesko-slovenskou asociaci, jejÌûje nynÌ mÌstop¯edsedou.

Ve funkci koncertnÌho manaûera a pozdÏji hudebnÌho po-radce EdinburskÈho mezin·rodnÌho festivalu udrûoval od po-Ë·tku pravidelnÈ styky s Ëesk˝m hudebnÌm svÏtem. V r. 1990mÏl takÈ v Edinburghu na starosti Festival ke 100. v˝roËÌ na-rozenÌ Bohuslava Martin˘.

Born in 1933 in Newport, Graham Melville-Mason studiedand graduated from the Music Faculty of the University ofEdinburgh. In 1968, he created a historic musical instrumentsdepartment at the faculty.

In 1975, he was awarded the Winston Churchill fellowshipand then spent a year in the musical archives of Central Eu-ropean countries, including the former Czechoslovakia. Sin-ce then, he has nurtured an interest in Czech musical historyand contemporary developments. He worked for the BBCfrom the late 1970s.

Since 1990, he has spent four to five months every year inthe Czech Republic. He chairs the advisory body of the Pra-gue Spring Foundation, and at the same time works as con-sultant for the Prague Spring festival (since 1990). In 1992he became a visiting professor at Charles University in Pra-gue. In the United Kingdom, he has been the president of theDvorak Society since 1987. He was instrumental in creatingthe Dvorak Society Fellowship at the Darlington Internatio-nal Summer School (in existence since 1999).

In 1990, he founded the British Czech and Slovak Associ-ation, where he holds the post of vice-president.

In his capacity as a concert manager and, subsequently,musical adviser at the Edinburgh International Festival hehas always maintained regular contact with the Czech musi-cal world. In 1990, he was in charge of a Festival in Edin-burgh to mark the 100th anniversary of Bohuslav Marti-n˘ís birth.


MILAN PLATOVSKÝ STEIN

Chile

Narodil se r. 1922 v Praze. Studoval pr·va na UniverzitÏKarlovÏ. Za v·lky p¯eûil t¯i roky v koncentraËnÌch t·borech.Po osvobozenÌ se vr·til do Prahy, kde pokraËoval ve studiÌch,a ve sv˝ch Ëty¯iadvaceti letech se ujal rodinn˝ch podnik˘. Po˙norov˝ch ud·lostech v roce 1948 byl nucen emigrovat, nej-prve do Francie, v r. 1950 do Chile.

Stal se ˙spÏön˝m podnikatelem a naöÌm nejv˝znamnÏjöÌmkrajanem v JiûnÌ Americe. Dnes je vlastnÌkem ¯ady firems ˙hrnn˝m roËnÌm obratem okolo 250 mil. USD a respekto-van˝m Ëinitelem n·rodnÌch obchodnÌch institucÌ. Jeho ob-chodnÌ impÈrium p¯eËkalo se ztr·tami i zn·rodÚovacÌ ot¯espoË·tkem 70. let.

V letech 1994-96 se podÌlel na financov·nÌ öestn·ctistr·n-kovÈ p¯Ìlohy nejv˝znamnÏjöÌho chilskÈho denÌku El Mercu-rio vyd·vanÈ u p¯Ìleûitosti st·tnÌho sv·tku »R. V z·¯Ì 1996zorganizoval p¯ijetÌ mise 30 Ëesk˝ch podnikatel˘. V letech1997 a 1998 sponzoroval ˙Ëast »R na v˝stavÏ v·noËnÌch tra-dic v Santiagu.

V r. 1998 vydal autobiografickÈ dÌlo Sobre Vivir (P¯eûÌta ûÌt ñ vzpomÌnky jednoho »echa z Chile), jeû mÏlo u chil-sk˝ch Ëten·¯˘ obrovsk˝ ˙spÏch. »esk˝ p¯eklad knihy vyöelv nakladatelstvÌ Olympia v r. 1999.

⁄ËastnÌ se aktivit Chilsko-ËeskÈho spolku, kter˝ podporujei finanËnÏ. Pom·h· a radÌ Ëesk˝m n·vötÏvnÌk˘m Chile ñ pod-nikatel˘m i kulturnÌm pracovnÌk˘m.

Milan Platovsk˝ Stein was born in 1922 in Prague. He stu-died law at Charles University in Prague. During World WarII, he survived three years in Nazi concentration camps. Af-ter liberation, he returned to Prague where he continued hisstudies, and when he was twenty-four years old he began run-ning his familyís business. After the events of February 1948,he had to emigrate, at first to France and in 1950 to Chile.

He became a successful businessman and the most promi-nent Czech compatriot in South America. At present, he ownsa number of businesses with aggregate annual turnover ofaround USD 250 million, and is a respected representative ofnational business institutions. His business empire managedto survive, with losses, the nationalization wave in the early1970s.

In the years 1994 ñ 1996 he helped finance a 16-page sup-plement to Chileís most respected daily newspaper, El Mer-curio, issued to mark the Czech Republicís national holiday.In September 1996 he organized a reception of a mission of30 Czech businesspersons. In the years 1997 and 1998, hesponsored the Czech Republicís participation in an exhibiti-on of Christmas traditions held in Santiago.

In 1998 he issued his autobiography, Sobre Vivir (To Sur-vive and Live ñ Memoirs of a Czech in Chile), which waswarmly received by Chilean readers. A Czech translation waspublished by the Olympia publishing house in 1999.

Mr. Platovsk˝ Stein is involved in the activities of the Chi-lean-Czech Society, which he also supports financially. Hehelps and advises Czech visitors to Chile ñ businesspersonsand cultural workers.




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BARBARA LEE PODOSKI

USA

Narodila se r. 1914 v ËeskÈ rodinÏ v BrnÏ. Po studiÌch pra-covala u firmy Baùa ve ZlÌnÏ. Tam se sezn·mila se sv˝m prv-nÌm manûelem, AmeriËanem belgickÈho p˘vodu, s nÌmû pookupaci »eskoslovenska vycestovala do Francie. V r. 1939pob˝vala jako pracovnice »ervenÈho k¯Ìûe v BelgickÈmKongu. V r. 1941 se p¯es JiûnÌ Afriku, kde p˘sobila v ûen-skÈm pomocnÈm sboru, p¯istÏhovala do USA. V tÈmû rocezaËala pod vedenÌm Jana Masaryka pracovat v tiskovÈm od-dÏlenÌ »eskoslovenskÈho velvyslanectvÌ ve Washingtonu.

V r. 1943 se stala americkou obËankou a dobrovolnÏ naru-kovala do arm·dy. Byla zaËlenÏna do Office of Strategic Ser-vices, organizace, kter· p¯edch·zela vzniku CIA. Pracovalav severnÌ Africe a v EvropÏ a za svoji odvahu byla vyzname-n·na bronzovou hvÏzdou. AktivnÏ spolupracovala s p¯edsta-viteli ËeskoslovenskÈho odboje. Absolvovala n·roËn˝ v˝cvikzamÏ¯en˝ na diverzantskou Ëinnost v t˝lu nep¯Ìtele. JejÌmuhrdinstvÌ vÏnovala americk· televize v r. 1999 podstatnouË·st dokumentu, vÏnovanÈho stateËn˝m ûen·m.

Po skonËenÌ v·lky v EvropÏ se vr·tila do Washingtonua pracovala kr·tce v Ës. sekci Hlasu Ameriky. R. 1947 se vr·-tila do »eskoslovenska, ale za p˘l roku odjela zpÏt do USA.Dvacet let pak p˘sobila v KnihovnÏ americkÈho Kongresu.Tam potkala svÈho druhÈho manûela, polskÈho aristokrataJosepha Junoszu PodoskÈho. Na podzim r. 1968 byla vysl·-na do Rakouska, kde pracovala devÏt let ve vÌdeÚskÈ poboË-ce AmerickÈho fondu pro Ës. uprchlÌky se sÌdlem v NewYorku.

AËkoliv nynÌ uû nezast·v· û·dnÈ funkce, je st·le velmi ak-tivnÌ v krajansk˝ch a exilov˝ch spolcÌch a ne˙navnÏ pom·h·p¯i p¯ÌpravÏ vöech akcÌ prezentujÌcÌch Ëeskou kulturu.

Je Ëlenkou »eskoslovenskÈ spoleËnosti pro vÏdy a umÏnÌ(SVU) a »eskoslovenskÈ n·rodnÌ rady americkÈ.

Barbara Lee Podoski was born in 1914 into a Czech familyin Brno, Czech Republic. After completing her studies, sheworked for the Baùa company in ZlÌn, where she met her firsthusband, an American of Belgian origin, with whom shewent into exile to France after the occupation of Czechoslo-vakia. In 1939, she was a Red Cross worker in the BelgianCongo. In 1941, she moved to the United States of Americavia South Africa, where she worked in the womenís auxilia-ry corps. The same year, she began working, under the su-pervision of Jan Masaryk, in the Press Department of theCzechoslovak Embassy in Washington.

In 1943, she became a U.S. citizen and voluntarily joinedthe army. She was assigned to the Office of Strategic Servi-ces, an organization that was the predecessor of the CIA. Sheworked in North Africa and Europe, and was decorated withthe bronze star for her courage. She actively collaboratedwith representatives of Czechoslovak resistance. Barbara LeePodoski underwent demanding training specializing in diver-sionist activities in the enemy rear. In 1999, U.S. televisiondevoted a substantial part of a documentary on courageouswomen to her heroism.

When World War II ended in Europe, she returned to Was-hington and worked for a brief period in the Czechoslovaksection of the Voice of America. In 1947, she returned to Cze-choslovakia. Six months later, she went back to the UnitedStates. She then worked for twenty years in the Library ofCongress. There she met her second husband, the Polish aris-tocrat Joseph Junosza Podoski. In the autumn of 1968, Bar-bara Lee Podoski was assigned to Austria, where she workedfor nine years at the Vienna-based office of the AmericanFund for Czechoslovak Refugees based in New York.

Although Barbara Lee Podoski currently holds no office,she continues to be very active in compatriot and exile asso-ciations, and tirelessly helps with the presentation of Czechculture.

Barbara Lee Podoski is a member of the Czechoslovak So-ciety of Arts and Sciences (SVU) and the Czechoslovak Nati-onal Council of America.


MASAHIRO YAMAMOTO

JaponskoJapan

Mimo¯·dnÏ p¯ispÌv· k propagaci kultury a ûivotnÌho stylu»eskÈ republiky v Japonsku. V r. 1995 otev¯el Ëesk˝ minipi-vovar a restauraci v prefektu¯e Kagoöima, 1700 km jihoz·-padnÏ od Tokia. V prosinci 1997 sv˘j projekt rozöÌ¯il a otev-¯el stylovou »eskou vesnici ñ Barell Valley Praha. Vesnicitvo¯Ì dvan·ct nejv˝öe dvoupatrov˝ch dom˘ postaven˝chv r˘zn˝ch stavebnÌch stylech ñ od domk˘ p¯ipomÌnajÌcÌchpraûskou Zlatou uliËku po ËeskÈ baroko. Uvnit¯ jsou umÌstÏ-ny obchody s Ëesk˝mi suven˝ry (sklem, d¯evÏn˝mi v˝robkya hraËkami, tradiËnÌm textilem a lidov˝mi v˝öivkami), v˝-robna uzenin podle Ëesk˝ch receptur a nÏkolik restauracÌ za-¯Ìzen˝ch v typickÈm ËeskÈm stylu.

M. Yamamoto ˙zce spolupracuje s ¯adou partner˘ v »R,a to jak v obchodnÌ, tak i nekomerËnÌ oblasti. Dov·ûÌ do Ja-ponska ËeskÈ zboûÌ, öÌ¯Ì Ëeskou technologii v˝roby piva. Zveke studijnÌm pobyt˘m studenty St¯ednÌ hotelovÈ ökoly z Pra-hy a mladÈ umÏlce z praûskÈ Akademie v˝tvarn˝ch umÏnÌ.

Aktivity M. Yamamota podporuje guvernÈr prefektury Ka-goöima a dalöÌ v˝znamnÌ ËinitelÈ. Jeho projektu vÏnujÌ znaË-nou pozornost sdÏlovacÌ prost¯edky. Do »eskÈ vesnicezve M. Yamamoto ËeskÈ umÏlce (p¯edevöÌm hudebnÌky) a ¯e-meslnÌky (rytce a brusiËe skla, keramiky, ¯ezb·¯e atd.), kte¯ÌJaponc˘m p¯ibliûujÌ Ëeskou kulturu a tradiËnÌ ¯emesla. Kro-mÏ toho p¯ipravuje aktivity v oblasti cestovnÌho ruchu (cestyjaponsk˝ch turist˘ do »R).

»eskou vesnici navötÌvÌ roËnÏ 350.000 Japonc˘. MnozÌz nich se nechajÌ inspirovat k n·vötÏvÏ »eskÈ republiky.

Masahiro Yamamoto has made a considerable contributionto the promotion of Czech culture and lifestyle in Japan. In1995, he opened a Czech microbrewery and restaurant in theKagoshima prefecture, 1,700 km southwest of Tokyo. In De-cember 1997, he expanded his project by opening the CzechVillage ñ Barell Valley Praha. The village consists of twelveone- to two-story houses built in different styles ñ from smallhouses reminiscent of the Golden Lane in Prague to theCzech Baroque. These buildings house shops with Czechsouvenirs (glass, wooden products and toys, traditional texti-le and folk embroidery), a facility producing meat productssmoked according to Czech procedures, and several restau-rants furnished in the typical Czech style.

Mr. Yamamoto cooperates closely with numerous partnersin the Czech Republic, in both the commercial and non-com-mercial spheres. He imports Czech goods to Japan, anddistributes Czech beer-brewing technology. He also invitesstudents of the Hotel School in Prague and young artists stu-dying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague for study place-ments in Japan.

Yamamotoís activities are supported by the Kagoshimaprefecture Governor and other high-ranking officials. Hisproject is widely covered by the media. Yamamoto invitesCzech artists and performers (in particular musicians) andcraftsmen (glass cutters and engravers, potters, wood-car-vers, etc.) to the Czech Village who demonstrate Czech cul-ture and traditional crafts to the Japanese. He also organizesactivities in the tourist industry (trips for Japanese tourists tothe Czech Republic).

The Czech Village is visited by 350,000 Japanese annual-ly, many of whom are then inspired to visit the Czech Re-public.




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LUBOR JAN ZINK

KanadaCanada

Narodil se r. 1920 v KlapnÈ pod Hazmburkem. V r. 1939unikl gestapu ˙tÏkem do zahraniËÌ. V Anglii se zaslouûilo zaloûenÌ »eskoslovenskÈho svazu studentstva. Z povÏ¯enÌJana Masaryka byl jednÌm z tÏch, kte¯Ì prosadili vyhl·öenÌ17. listopadu Mezin·rodnÌm dnem studentstva. Za hrdinstvÌp¯i ˙Ëasti na z·padnÌ frontÏ byl nÏkolikr·t vyznamen·n.

V letech 1945-48 pracoval na Ministerstvu zahraniËnÌchvÏcÌ »SR, kde ¯Ìdil zahraniËnÌ vysÌl·nÌ rozhlasu.

Po ˙noru 1948 odeöel opÏt do exilu. V Lond˝nÏ spolupra-coval na vyd·v·nÌ t˝denÌku »echoslov·k. ZamÏstn·n bylrovnÏû v BBC, pozdÏji jako politick˝ koment·tor britsk˝cha kanadsk˝ch denÌk˘.

V r. 1961 mu byla udÏlena Kanadsk· n·rodnÌ novin·¯sk·cena a rok nato prestiûnÌ Bowater Award za ekonomickoupublicistiku. R. 1995 mu prezident republiky V·clav HaveludÏlil Medaili za z·sluhy 1. stupnÏ.

V exilu byl uzn·v·n jako p¯ednÌ znalec mezin·rodnÌho ko-munismu. V KanadÏ pat¯Ì mezi aktivnÌ propag·tory »eskÈ re-publiky. Je Ëlenem SpoleËnosti Jana Masaryka.

Lubor Jan Zink was born in 1920 at Klapn· pod Hazmbur-kem, Czech Republic. In 1939, he escaped the Nazi Gestapoby emigrating from Czechoslovakia. In England, he was in-strumental in founding the Union of Czechoslovak Students.Delegated by Jan Masaryk, he was one of those who arran-ged for November 17 to be declared the International Stu-dents Day. He was decorated several times for heroism on theWestern Front.

In the years 1945-1948, he worked at the Ministry of Fo-reign Affairs of the Czechoslovak Republic, where he wasresponsible for Czechoslovak Radioís foreign service.

After February 1948, he went back into exile. In London,he helped publish the »echoslov·k (Czechoslovakian) week-ly. He was also employed with BBC, and later he worked asa political columnist for British and Canadian daily newspa-pers.

In 1961, he was awarded the Canadian National Newspa-per Award, and a year later the prestigious Bowater Award,for his economic columns. In 1995 he was decorated by Pre-sident V·clav Havel with the Medal of Merit, 1st Degree.

In exile, he was respected as a leading expert in matters ofinternational communism. In Canada he is an active promo-ter of the Czech Republic. He is a member of the Jan Masa-ryk Society.


OLDŘICH HASELMAN

FrancieFrance

Narodil se r. 1925 v BrnÏ. Od r. 1946 p˘sobil jako sekret·¯ za-hraniËnÏ politickÈ komise »SSD, a proto hned v b¯eznu 1948odeöel do exilu. Ve Francii vstoupil do PomocnÈho v˝boru pro Ës.uprchlÌky. Zde poskytoval ˙Ëinnou pomoc stovk·m naöich exu-lant˘, kte¯Ì se octli v nov˝ch, Ëasto velmi sloûit˝ch podmÌnk·ch.

Od ¯Ìjna 1955 jako francouzsk˝ st·tnÌ obËan nastoupil v ée-nevÏ sluûbu v OSN. Zde aû do poloviny 80. let zast·val r˘znÈfunkce, kterÈ souvisely s problematikou uprchlÌk˘, z toho pat-n·ct let p¯Ìmo v éenevÏ (naposledy jako ¯editel odboru proAmeriku a Evropu) a patn·ct let jako p¯edstavitel ⁄¯adu vyso-kÈho komisa¯e pro uprchlÌky v r˘zn˝ch zemÌch Afriky, LatinskÈAmeriky a Evropy.

éije na francouzsko-öv˝carsk˝ch hranicÌch. Je Ëinn˝ v kra-jansk˝ch spolcÌch ve äv˝carsku, zejmÈna ve äv˝carskÈ skupinÏSpoleËnosti pro vÏdy a umÏnÌ (SVU), kterÈ v˝znamnÏ pomohlk zÌsk·nÌ finanËnÌ podpory na organizaci jednÈ z celoevropsk˝chkonferencÌ SVU, a v BesedÏ Slovan éeneva.

Brzy po listopadu 1989 p¯ijel do »eskoslovenska a st·l mj. u za-loûenÌ ËeskÈ N·rodnÌ rady EvropskÈho hnutÌ, mezin·rodnÌ nevl·d-nÌ organizace, jejÌmû cÌlem je p¯ispÌvat k vytv·¯enÌ sjednocenÈ, fe-der·lnÌ Evropy, zaloûenÈ na respektu k lidsk˝m a obËansk˝m pr·-v˘m a na principech svobody, demokracie a pr·vnÌho st·tu.

O. Haselman je synovec, hlavnÌ dÏdic a vykonavatel poslednÌv˘le vdovy po spisovateli Ji¯Ìm Mahenovi. Po jejÌ smrti se za-slouûil o splnÏnÌ jejÌho p¯·nÌ vybudovat z vilky v brnÏnskÈ Ma-sarykovÏ Ëtvrti, kde Ji¯Ì Mahen tr·vil poslednÌ lÈta svÈho ûivota,jeho pam·tnÌk. VÏnoval KnihovnÏ Ji¯Ìho Mahena, povÏ¯enÈ vy-budov·nÌm Mahenova pam·tnÌku, obrazy Ëesk˝ch malÌ¯˘ z p˘-vodnÌ Mahenovy pracovny. Pam·tnÌk byl otev¯en 11. prosince1992. O. Haselman se zde z˙Ëastnil besed, vystupoval v rozhla-se a v televizi.

V Uruguayi, kde s manûelkou tr·vÌ zimnÌ mÏsÌce, po ¯adu letp˘sobil jako Ëestn˝ p¯edseda dnes zaniklÈ Uruguaysko-Ëesko-slovenskÈ obchodnÌ komory a od r. 2002 p˘sobÌ jako mÌstop¯ed-seda UruguayskÈ spoleËnosti p¯·tel »eskÈ republiky.

Old¯ich Haselman was born in 1925 in Brno, Czech Republic.From 1946, he was active as secretary of the foreign policy com-mission of the Czechoslovak Social Democrat Party, and this iswhy he went into exile immediately in March 1948. In France,he joined the Auxiliary Committee for Czechoslovak Refugees.Here, he provided effective help to hundreds of Czechoslovakrefugees faced with new and often very complicated conditions.In October 1955, as a French national, Mr. Haselman embarkedon UN service in Geneva where, until the middle of the 1980s,he served in different posts related to refugee issues. He workedin Geneva for fifteen years (his last post was that of the head ofthe department for America and Europe), and for another fifteenyears he was a representative of the Office of the United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees in various countries in Africa,Latin America and Europe.

Mr. Haselman lives near the French-Swiss border. He hasbeen actively involved in Czech associations in Switzerland, inparticular in the Swiss Branch of the Czechoslovak Society ofArts and Sciences (SVU), which he significantly helped in rai-sing funds to organize one of SVUís pan-European conferences,and in Beseda Slovan Geneva.

Soon after November 1989, Mr. Haselman came to Czecho-slovakia and was one of the founders of the Czech NationalCouncil of the European Movement, an international non-go-vernmental organization whose aim is to contribute to the crea-tion of a united, federative Europe, based on respect for humanand civic rights and on the principles of freedom, democracy andthe rule of law.

Haselman is the nephew, principal heir and executor of thewill of writer Ji¯Ì Mahenís widow. After her death, he was in-strumental in realizing her wish of turning a villa in the MasarykQuarter in Brno, where Ji¯Ì Mahen spent the last years of his li-fe, into a Ji¯Ì Mahen memorial. Mr. Haselman donated paintingsby Czech painters from Mahenís original study to the Ji¯Ì Ma-hen Library, an institution entrusted with setting up the MahenMemorial. The memorial was opened on December 11, 1992.Haselman took part in discussions held at the memorial, and wasa guest on radio and television programs.

In Uruguay, where Haselman spends the winter months withhis wife, he acted for many years as the honorary president ofthe now defunct Uruguayan-Czechoslovak Chamber of Com-merce, and since 2002 he has been active as vice-president of theUruguayan Association of Friends of the Czech Republic.




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INGE BRO JORGENSENOVÁ

DánskoDenmark

Narodila se r. 1938 v Kodani. Vystudovala pedagogiku sezamÏ¯enÌm na jazyky (d·nötina, angliËtina, nÏmËina) a v le-tech 1961-70 p˘sobila jako uËitelka.

»eskoslovensko navötÌvila poprvÈ v r. 1977. Setk·nÌ s naöÌzemÌ, jejÌ kulturou a konkrÈtnÌmi lidmi vzbudilo jejÌ velk˝z·jem, jeû vy˙stil do cestovatelskÈ, pr˘vodcovskÈ, p¯edn·ö-kovÈ a spisovatelskÈ Ëinnosti. NauËila se z·klady Ëeötiny. Je-jÌ znalosti o historii, kultu¯e a umÏnÌ Ëesk˝ch zemÌ jsou roz-s·hlÈ. Dosud vykonala p¯es 50 n·vötÏv »R a vydala t¯i knihyñ Praha (1990, 1993, 2001), Kutn· Hora (1992) a »echy(1994). »tvrt· kniha ñ Morava a Slezsko ñ vych·zÌ v r. 2003.

KromÏ kontakt˘ s p¯·teli v »R se vÏnuje takÈ aktivit·mv D·nsko-ËeskÈm spolku. JejÌ d˘m v Ringstedu je otev¯en»ech˘m ûijÌcÌm v D·nsku.

Z jejÌ iniciativy nav·zalo mÏsto Ringsted (v jehoû hlavnÌmkostele je vedle d·nsk˝ch panovnÌk˘ z 11.-14. stoletÌ po-h¯bena takÈ v D·nsku velmi popul·rnÌ kr·lovna Dagmar,dcera P¯emysla I. Otakara) partnerskÈ vztahy s Kutnou Ho-rou. P¯i tÈto p¯Ìleûitosti vznikla v˝öe uveden· kniha o KutnÈHo¯e.

Inge Bro J/orgensen was born in 1938 in Copenhagen, Den-mark. She studied pedagogy, with a specialization in langua-ges (Danish, English, German), and worked as teacher in1961 ñ 1970.

She visited Czechoslovakia for the first time in 1977. Theencounter with the country, its culture and particular peoplearoused an interest which resulted in her becoming a traveler,guide, lecturer and writer. She has learned the basics of theCzech language. Her knowledge of the history, culture andarts of the Czech lands is extensive. To date, she has mademore than 50 visits to the Czech Republic and publishedthree books ñ Prague (1990, 1993, 2001), Kutn· Hora(1992) and Bohemia (1994). A fourth book ñ Moravia andSilesia is due to be published in 2003.

Besides keeping in contact with friends in the Czech Re-public, she also works with the Danish-Czech Society. Herhouse in Ringsted is open to Czechs living in Denmark.

The city of Ringsted (in whose principal church is buried,alongside Danish rulers of the 11th to14th centuries, QueenDagmar, daughter of the Czech King Premysl I Ottokar anda very popular personality in Danish history) establishedtwinning cooperation with the Czech city of Kutn· Hora onthe initiative of Inge Bro J/orgensen. The above-mentionedbook on Kutn· Hora was written to mark this occasion.

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FRED KALA

USA

Narodil se r. 1937 ve Spillville v IowÏ. Z·jem o umÏnÌ a Ëes-k˝ p˘vod jej p¯ivedly k tomu, ûe se jiû od ml·dÌ zapojil do Ëin-nosti krajansk˝ch organizacÌ. Zde se ne˙navnÏ snaûil o udrûov·-nÌ tradiËnÌ ËeskÈ lidovÈ kultury. V letech 1962-64 p˘sobil jakop¯edseda spolku Omladina ñ United Moravian Society, odr. 1971 pracoval 10 let jako instruktor taneËnÌho souboru cent-r·lnÌho distriktu AmerickÈho Sokola a z·roveÚ jako instruktor li-dov˝ch tanc˘ pro krajanskou organizaci CSA Fraternal Life.

V r. 1974 se stal ¯editelem sekce vzdÏl·nÌ v AmerickÈm Sokolua od r. 1980 byl po cel˝ch deset let st·l˝m Ëlenem jeho v˝boru.V letech 1980-82 a opÏtovnÏ 1990-93 zast·val souËasnÏ funkcip¯edsedy jednÈ z jeho poboËek, Sokola Berwyn ve st·tÏ Illinois.V r. 1995 se stal na pÏt let p¯edsedou celoamerickÈho Sokola.

Je souËasnÏ Ëlenem dalöÌch krajansk˝ch organizacÌ: WesternFraternal Life Association, CSA Fraternal Life, »eskoslovenskÈn·rodnÌ rady americkÈ a MoravskÈ kulturnÌ spoleËnosti. Aktiv-nÏ se zapojil do organizace program˘ v˝uky Ëeötiny pro krajanyna t¯ech chicagsk˝ch Ëesk˝ch ökol·ch, kterÈ dodnes (s v˝jimkoujednÈ) pokraËujÌ. Od 60. let spoluorganizoval Ëesk· divadelnÌvystoupenÌ a po listopadu 1989 zajiöùoval i vystoupenÌ ¯adyumÏlc˘ z »R v Chicagu a okolÌ.

Je Ëinn˝ takÈ politicky. V dobÏ invaze vojsk VaröavskÈ smlouvyspoluorganizoval velkÈ protestnÌ demonstrace v centru Chicaga.V listopadu 1989 mÏl jako p¯edseda Sokola Berwyn z·sadnÌ podÌlna organizaci demonstrace za obnovenÌ svobody a demokraciev »eskoslovensku. Po listopadov˝ch ud·lostech se podÌlel na p¯Ì-pravÏ oslav celÈ chicagskÈ krajanskÈ komunity. Byl takÈ p¯edse-dou Komise na podporu vstupu »R do NATO utvo¯enÈ v roce 1998a organizoval podp˘rnou kampaÚ u vöech odboËek AmerickÈhoSokola. OsobnÏ zaslal podp˘rn˝ dopis sen·toru B. Doleovi.

V dobÏ z·plav v »R v r. 1997 zorganizoval v˝bor AmericanSokol Funds a jako jeho p¯edseda inicioval uspo¯·d·nÌ sbÌrkypro obÏti z·plav.

Fred Kala was born in 1937 in Spillville, Iowa. His interest inart and his Czech origin led him to participate at a very early agein the activities of Czech compatriot associations in the UnitedStates, where he tirelessly tried to preserve traditional Czechfolk culture. In the years 1962 ñ 1964, he was active as presidentof the Omladina ñ United Moravian Society. Beginning in 1971he worked for ten years as an instructor of a dance group in thecentral district of American Sokol and simultaneously as an in-structor of folk dance for the Czech-American organization CSAFraternal Life.

In 1974, Mr. Kala became the head of the Educational Sec-tion of American Sokol, and from 1980, he worked for ten yearsas a permanent member of the Executive Committee of Ameri-can Sokol. At the same time, he served as president of one of itsbranches ñ Sokol Berwyn in Illinois -from 1980 to 1982 andagain from 1990 to 1993. Finally, he became president of thenationwide American Sokol for five years in 1995.

Fred Kala is also a member of other Czech-American organi-zations: the Western Fraternal Life Association, CSA FraternalLife, the Czechoslovak National Council of America and the Mo-ravian Cultural Society. He was actively involved in organizingCzech-teaching programs for compatriots in three ChicagoCzech schools which have, with one exception, continued to thepresent day. From the 1960s, he has co-organized Czech theaterperformances and, since November 1989, performances ofa number of artists from the Czech Republic in Chicago and itsvicinity.

Mr. Kala has also been active in politics. During the invasionof the Warsaw Treaty armies, he was one of the organizers of lar-ge protest demonstrations in downtown Chicago. In November1989, he made a significant contribution, as president of SokolBerwyn, in organizing a demonstration for the renewal of free-dom and democracy in Czechoslovakia. After the events of No-vember 1989, he helped to organize celebrations throughout theChicago Czechoslovak community. Fred Kala also served aspresident of the Committee for Supporting the Admission of theCzech Republic into NATO, established in 1998, and he organi-zed a supportive campaign in all branches of American Sokol.He personally sent a letter of support to Senator Bob Dole.

During the floods in the Czech Republic in 1997, Mr. Kalaimmediately put together the American Sokol Funds committeeand as its president organized a financial collection for flood vic-tims.




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DR. H. C. PROF. SERGEJ

V. NIKOLSKIJ, DRSC.

RuskoRussia

Narodil se r. 1922. Absolvoval Filologickou fakultu Moskev-skÈ st·tnÌ univerzity, obor rusk· literatura. V ⁄stavu slavistikyRuskÈ akademie vÏd vedl p¯es 30 let Odbor slovansk˝ch lite-ratur. R. 1971 obh·jil doktorskou disertaci na tÈma SatirickÈutopie Karla »apka. V r. 1973 mu byl udÏlen titul profesora.

»eskÈ literatu¯e se vÏnuje vÌce neû p˘l stoletÌ. BÏhem tÈtodoby zve¯ejnil 350 pracÌ, mezi nimi: Karel »apek ñ fantastaa satirik (1973, Ëesk˝ p¯eklad 1998), DvÏ epochy ËeskÈ lite-ratury (1981, Ëesk˝ p¯eklad 1986), Karel »apek (1990), His-torie postavy ävejka, novÈ poznatky o Jaroslavu Haökovia jeho hrdinovi (1997) a dalöÌ. S. V. Nikolskij zkoumal rov-nÏû tvorbu J. Koll·ra, F. L. »elakovskÈho, B. Hanky, K. H.M·chy, K. HavlÌËka BorovskÈho, K. J. Erbena, J. Wolkera,V. Z·vady a dalöÌch. Uû v roce 1952, kdy se ofici·lnÌ »esko-slovensko stavÏlo k »apkovi z·dy, byla jeho esej o »apkovip¯eloûena a vyd·na v samostatnÈ broûu¯e, coû bylo povzbu-zenÌm pro Ëeskou liter·rnÌ vÏdu.

Po cel· desetiletÌ podporuje vyd·v·nÌ Ëesk˝ch knih v ruö-tinÏ. Od konce Ëty¯ic·t˝ch let byl Ëinn˝ jako populariz·torËeskÈ literatury a kultury prost¯ednictvÌm ve¯ejn˝ch semin·-¯˘ a p¯edn·öek. Dlouhou dobu vedl liter·rnÌ komisi SpoleË-nosti p¯·telstvÌ s »eskoslovenskem/»eskem, organizoval pra-videln· setk·nÌ a veËery vÏnovanÈ tvorbÏ Ëesk˝ch spisovate-l˘, jejich jubilejÌm atd. PrvnÌm takov˝m poËinem bylo jehovystoupenÌ v r. 1948 na slavnosti Svazu spisovatel˘ vÏnova-nÈ 10. v˝roËÌ smrti K. »apka.

Na podzim 1989 S. V. Nikolskij inicioval zaloûenÌ SpoleË-nosti brat¯Ì »apk˘ v MoskvÏ a byl zvolen jejÌm p¯edsedou.Byl zvolen rovnÏû Ëestn˝m Ëlenem »eskÈ SpoleËnosti brat¯Ì»apk˘ a stal se doktorem honoris causa Univerzity PalackÈ-ho v Olomouci.

Sergei V. Nikolsky was born in 1922. He graduated fromthe Faculty of Philology of the Moscow State University, ma-joring in Russian literature. For more than 30 years he head-ed the Department of Slavic literatures of the Institute of Sla-vic Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1971, Ni-kolsky defended his doctoral dissertation on the SatiricalUtopias of Karel »apek. In 1973, he was granted the title ofprofessor.

Sergei Nikolsky has dedicated himself to Czech literaturefor more than half a century, during which time he has pub-lished 350 works, including: Karel »apek ñ Daydreamer andSatirist (1973, Czech translation 1998); Two Epochs of CzechLiterature (1981, Czech translation 1986); Karel »apek(1990); The History of the Character of ävejk, and New Fin-dings about Jaroslav Haöek and His Hero (1997). Nikolskyhas also explored the work of J. Koll·r, F. L. »elakovsk , B.Hanka, K. H. M·cha, K. HavlÌËek Borovsk , K. J. Erben, J.Wolker, V. Z·vada and others. As early as 1952, when offici-al Czechoslovakia turned its back on »apek, Sergei Nikol-skyís essay on »apek was translated and published in Cze-choslovakia in a stand-alone brochure, which was a sign ofencouragement for the Czech literary science.

For decades, Sergei Nikolsky supported the publication ofCzech books in Russian. Since the late 1940s, he has been ac-tive as a popularizer of Czech literature and culture throughpublic seminars and lectures. He has headed the literary com-mission of the Association of Friendship with Czechoslova-kia/Czechia for many years, and organized regular meetingsand evenings devoted to the work of Czech writers, their an-niversaries, etc. The first such event was his speech at theWritersí Union Festival in 1948, dedicated to the 10th anni-versary of K. »apekís death.

In the autumn of 1989, Nikolsky initiated the creation ofthe »apek Brothers Society in Moscow, and was elected itspresident. He was also elected an honorary member of theCzech »apek Brothers Society and has received the title ofdoctor honoris causa from Palack˝ University in Olomouc.


FRANCISCO OTTAin memoriam

Chile

Narodil se r. 1908 v Plzni. V letech 1926-38 ûil v Praze, kdestudoval v˝tvarnÈ umÏnÌ a odkud pozdÏji podnikal pracovnÌcesty do VÌdnÏ, Pa¯Ìûe, Madridu a Lond˝na. V r. 1940 odeöeldo Santiaga de Chile.

Jako malÌ¯ vytvo¯il mj. logo pro »eskoslovenskÈ n·rodnÌsdruûenÌ v Chile (ComitÈ Nacional Checoslovaco de Chile),kterÈ p˘sobilo v letech 1940-47. BenefiËnÌmi akcemi a sbÌr-kami pro »eskoslovensk˝ Ëerven˝ k¯Ìû pom·hal tÏûce zkou-öenÈ vlasti. Velkou pozornost vzbudil jeho p˘sobiv˝ dvojob-raz vÏnovan˝ LidicÌm, vytvo¯en˝ tÏsnÏ po jejich vyhlazenÌ.

V r. 1947 se v Praze konala mezin·rodnÌ v˝stava reklam-nÌho plak·tu, na nÌû nÏkolika politick˝mi plak·ty reprezento-val vlastnÌ zemi ñ »eskoslovensko.

Od r. 1962 se F. Otta vÏnoval vysokoökolskÈ pedagogickÈËinnosti a p˘sobil i jako umÏleck˝ kritik. Kdyû v r. 1995vznikl Chilsko-Ëesk˝ krouûek, aktivnÏ se jako Ëlen jeho vede-nÌ a p¯edseda kulturnÌ komise ˙Ëastnil jeho aktivit.

V Santiagu de Chile byla jeho jmÈnem pojmenov·na jeötÏza jeho ûivota ulice. ät·b Ëesk˝ch dokumentarist˘ veden˝ J.Burianem a J. Kouteck˝m o nÏm poË·tkem r. 1999 natoËilfilm pro »eskou televizi.

F. Otta zem¯el v r. 1999, uprost¯ed p¯Ìprav na otev¯enÌ svÈceloûivotnÌ v˝stavy v santiagskÈm prestiûnÌm Museo de Bel-las Artes.

Francisco Otta was born in 1908 in PlzeÚ, Czech Republic.From 1926 to 1938, he lived in Prague, where he studied fi-ne arts and from where he later made working trips to Vien-na, Paris, Madrid and London. In 1940, he left Czechoslova-kia for Santiago de Chile.

As painter, he created, among others, the logo for the Cze-choslovak National Association in Chile (ComitÈ NacionalChecoslovaco de Chile), which was active between 1940 and1947. He helped his suffering homeland through benefitevents and financial collections for the Czechoslovak RedCross. His impressive double painting dedicated to Lidice,created shortly after the razing of the village, raised much at-tention.

An international exhibition of advertising posters took pla-ce in Prague in 1947, where he represented his country ñCzechoslovakia ñ with several political posters.

From 1962, Otta was active as a university teacher and anart critic. When the Chilean-Czech Circle was formed in1995, he actively participated in its endeavors as a memberof its managing organ and the chairman of its cultural com-mission.

When he was still alive, a street was named after him inSantiago de Chile. A crew of Czech documentarists headedby J. Burian and J. Kouteck˝ made a film about FranciscoOtta for Czech Television in early 1999.

Francisco Otta died in 1999, during preparations for theopening of an exhibition of his life-long work in the prestigi-ous Museo de Bellas Artes in Santiago.




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JAN POLÁŠEK

ŠvédskoSweden

Narodil se r. 1937 v Praze. Studoval architekturu na »VUTv Praze. V r. 1969 emigroval do ävÈdska a zde dokonËil vysoko-ökolsk· studia. ProfesnÏ se orientoval na scÈnografii a v˝stavnÌarchitekturu Byl jednÌm z pÏti zakladatel˘ SdruûenÌ svobodn˝ch»ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ve ävÈdsku. Tento spolek vznikl v r. 1980 na po-litickÈ platformÏ jako protest »ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ûijÌcÌch ve ävÈd-sku proti politickÈ situaci v tehdejöÌm »eskoslovensku.

Od r. 1979 pracoval J. Pol·öek jako v˝stavnÌ architekt ve St·t-nÌm historickÈm muzeu ve Stockholmu. V r. 1991 zde realizovalhistorickou v˝stavu Ji¯Ìho Kol·¯e, kterou zah·jil prezident repub-liky V·clav Havel.

Jako souË·st »esk˝ch kulturnÌch t˝dn˘ ve Stockholmu v roce1996 vytvo¯il origin·lnÌ design v˝stavy KULT ñ SÕLA ñ VESMÕR,symboly doby bronzovÈ ve St¯ednÌ EvropÏ a Skandin·vii. V stavabyla v˝sledkem spolupr·ce St·tnÌho historickÈho muzea v BrnÏa VelvyslanectvÌ »R ve Stockholmu. V tomtÈû roce realizoval v˝-stavu modernÌho ËeskÈho umÏnÌ s n·zvem Bronzov· ratolest. NajejÌ p¯ÌpravÏ spolupracoval s Ministerstvem kultury »R.

V r. 1997 J. Pol·öek byl jednÌm z organiz·tor˘ p¯edn·ökovÈhocyklu o ËeskÈ a övÈdskÈ muzejnÌ archeologii v Praze. Ve vstupnÌhale StockholmskÈ univerzitnÌ knihovny instaloval v˝stavu k 650.v˝roËÌ zaloûenÌ Karlovy univerzity. V letech 1998-99 uspo¯·dalve St·tnÌm historickÈm muzeu jednu ze sv˝ch nejvÏtöÌch v˝stav ñmonument·lnÌ projekt Setk·nÌ Prahy se Stockholmem ñ dÌloFrantiöka BÌlka a Alfonse Muchy, kter˝ se stal souË·stÌ programuStockholm ñ evropsk· kulturnÌ metropole. V lednu 2000 se stalhlavnÌm architektem v˝stavy Document Holocaust, kterou p¯ipra-vilo 10 zemÌ vËetnÏ »R. V letech 2000-2001 realizoval architek-tonick· ¯eöenÌ a design ¯ady v˝stav, z toho dvou v Praze: Z·vÏr ti-sÌciletÌ, zrcadlo vzpomÌnek a éivot v baroknÌ Praze. V souËasnÈdobÏ p¯ipravuje ve ävÈdsku v˝stavu ËeskÈ surrealistickÈ umÏlky-nÏ Toyen (m· se uskuteËnit v r. 2004). V r. 2003 zvÌtÏzil v kon-kurzu na Museion, v˝tvarnou realizaci st·lÈ n·rodopisnÈ expozi-ce N·rodnÌho muzea v Praze.

Jan Pol·öek was born in 1937 in Prague. He studied architectu-re at the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 1969, he emi-grated to Sweden where he completed his university studies. Hiscareer focused on stage decoration and exhibition architecture. Hewas one of the five founders of the Association of Free Czechsand Slovaks in Sweden. The association was created in 1980 ona political platform as a means of protest by Czechs and Slovaksliving in Sweden against the then political situation in Czechoslo-vakia.

From 1979, Pol·öek was active as an exhibition architect at theState Museum of History in Stockholm, where, in 1991, he design-ed and implemented a historical exhibition of Ji¯Ì Kol·¯ís work,which was opened by the President of Czechoslovakia, V·clavHavel.

As part of the Weeks of Czech Culture in Stockholm in 1996,he created an original design for the exhibition CULT - POWER -SPACE, symbols of the bronze age in Central Europe and Scandi-navia. The exhibition was the result of cooperation between theState Museum of History in Brno and the Embassy of the CzechRepublic in Stockholm. That same year, he designed and imple-mented an exhibition of contemporary Czech art under the titleThe Bronze Sprig. He collaborated in the preparation of this exhi-bition with the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

In 1997, Pol·öek was one of the organizers of a series of lectu-res on Czech and Swedish museum archeology in Prague. He in-stalled an exhibition to mark the 650th anniversary of the founda-tion of Charles University in the lobby of the Stockholm Univer-sity Library. In the years 1998 ñ 1999, he organized one of the lar-gest exhibitions in the State Museum of History ñ the monumentalproject of Encounter of Prague and Stockholm ñ the work ofFrantiöek BÌlek and Alfons Mucha, which became part of the pro-gram Stockholm ñ European City of Culture. In January 2000, hebecame the chief architect of the exhibition Document Holocaust,prepared by 10 countries including the Czech Republic. In the ye-ars 2000-2001, Pol·öek was responsible for the architectural lay-out and design of a number of exhibitions, two of them in Prague:End of the Millennium, Mirror of Memories and Life in BaroquePrague. At the present time, Pol·öek is preparing an exhibition inSweden of Toyen, the Czech surrealist artist (scheduled to takeplace in 2004). In 2003, he won a competition for Museion, in-volving the decoration of the permanent ethnological expositionof the National Museum in Prague.


VLADISLAV SLAVIK

USA

Narodil se r. 1924 v RakovnÌku. Jiû od ml·dÌ byl Ëinn˝ v so-kolskÈm hnutÌ a ve sv˝ch pÏtadvaceti letech byl zvolen n·-ËelnÌkem SokolskÈ ûupy BudeËskÈ.

V r. 1945 byl inici·torem odzbrojenÌ nÏmeckÈ pos·dkyv RakovnÌku a z˙Ëastnil se takÈ aktivnÏ praûskÈho kvÏtnovÈ-ho povst·nÌ. Angaûoval se v hnutÌ n·rodnÏ socialistickÈ ml·-deûe. Po ˙noru 1948 odeöel do zahraniËÌ.

V uprchlick˝ch t·borech v NÏmecku a v It·lii pom·hal za-kl·dat sokolskÈ jednoty. Ve sv˝ch pÏtadvaceti letech byl zvo-len starostou italskÈho okrsku SokolskÈ ûupy dr. Edvarda Be-neöe v exilu.

V lednu 1950 p¯ijel do Ameriky, kde zÌskal zamÏstn·nÌ ja-ko cestujÌcÌ cviËitel americkÈho sokolstva. V americk˝ch jed-not·ch organizoval Ëinnost tÏlov˝chovnou, spoleËenskoua kulturnÌ: p¯edn·öky, akademie, oslavy, krojovanÈ b·lya öib¯inky. PÏstoval n·rodnÌ povÏdomÌ hlavnÏ u generacÌ,kterÈ se jiû narodily v Americe. Po sedm let zast·val funkcin·ËelnÌka a pozdÏji starosty Sokola New York.

Od r. 1985 byl sedm let n·ËelnÌkem V chodnÌ sokolskÈ ûu-py AmerickÈ obce sokolskÈ a potÈ se stal jejÌm starostou (tu-to funkci vykon·val aû do svÈ smrti). Od r. 1993 byl mÌstos-tarostou SvÏtovÈho svazu sokolstva. Byl rovnÏû dopisovate-lem ¯ady Ëesk˝ch novin v USA.

Zem¯el v r. 2001.

Vladislav Slavik was born in 1924 in RakovnÌk, Czech Re-public. From his youth he was active in the Sokol movement,and at the age of twenty-two he was elected head of the Bu-deË regional district of Sokol.

In 1945, he initiated the disarmament of the German garri-son in RakovnÌk and actively participated in the Prague Mayuprising. He engaged in the movement of the Czechoslovaknational socialist youth. After February 1948, he went intoexile.

He helped to found Sokol associations in refugee camps inGermany and Italy. At the age of twenty-five, he was electedchairman of the Italian district of the Sokol regional districtof Dr. Edvard Beneö in exile.

In January 1950, he went to America, where he found em-ployment as a traveling instructor of American Sokol mem-bers. In the American Sokol associations, Mr. Slavik organi-zed physical education and social and cultural activities: lec-tures, academies, festivals, and folk costume balls. He culti-vated national awareness, particularly in the generations thathad already been born in America. For seven years, he servedas chief, and later as chairman, of Sokol New York.

From 1985ñ1992, he was the chief of the Eastern regionaldistrict of American Sokol, and went on to become its chair-man (he served in that position until his death). From 1993,Mr. Slavik served as vice-chairman of the World Sokol Fede-ration. He also was correspondent for a number of Czechnewspapers in the U.S.A.

Vladislav Slavik died in 2001.




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AKAD. ARCH. PETR STRÁNSKÝ

ŠvýcarskoSwitzerland

Narodil se r. 1936 v Praze. V atmosfÈ¯e 50. let minulÈhostoletÌ byl vylouËen ze studia na VysokÈ ökole umÏleckopr˘-myslovÈ ñ obor architektura. PoË·tkem 60. let byl jeviötnÌmtechnikem v N·rodnÌm divadle a v Divadle na z·bradlÌ. Posrpnu 1968 emigroval s rodinou do äv˝carska. Tam r. 1979absolvoval st·tnÌ pedagogick˝ institut. P˘sobil jako grafika profesor kreslenÌ na st¯ednÌ ökole.

Ot¯esen stavem historick˝ch pam·tek v »eskoslovensku,kterÈ navötÌvil po dvaadvaceti letech v r. 1990, zah·jil spo-leËnÏ s dalöÌmi Ëesk˝mi krajany a sympatizanty v zahraniËÌi v »R iniciativu na jejich z·chranu (z˙Ëastnil se mj. O. Mo-tejl, P. Tigrid, A. Levy). Za tÌm ˙Ëelem zaloûil v r. 1993 sdru-ûenÌ Saving Our Heritage (ZachraÚujeme naöe dÏdictvÌ),v nÏmû p˘sobÌ jako v˝konn˝ p¯edseda. Toto sdruûenÌ uspo-¯·dalo ¯adu benefiËnÌch koncert˘, jejichû v˝tÏûky byly pou-ûity na opravu historick˝ch pam·tek v »R (kostely v Libiöi,DeötnÈ u DubÈ a Dobröi u Strakonic).

V r. 1991 mu byl jako akt rehabilitace udÏlen titul akade-mick˝ architekt.

Petr Str·nsk˝ was born in 1936 in Prague. In the atmosphe-re of the 1950s, he was expelled from his architectural studi-es at the Art and Industrial High School (Department of Ar-chitecture). In the early 1960s he worked as a stage grip at theNational Theater and at the theatre Divadlo na z·bradlÌ.After August 1968 he emigrated with his family to Switzer-land, where he graduated in 1979 at State Pedagogical Insti-tute. He worked as a graphic designer, artist, and Art teacherof drawing at a secondary school.

Shocked by the condition of the historical patrimony inCzechoslovakia, which he visited in 1990, after twenty-twoyears exile, he teamed up with other Czech compatriots andsympathizers abroad and launched an initiative in the CzechRepublic for the preservation of this heritage (those involvedincluded, among others, O. Motejl, P. Tigrid, and A. Levy).For this purpose, he founded the association Saving Our He-ritage in 1993, of which he has been executive chairman. Theassociation has organized numerous benefit concerts, whoseproceeds have been used to repair historic monuments in theCzech Republic (the churches at Libiö, Deötn· by Dub· andDobrö by Strakonice).

In order of Rehabilitation Act, he was awarded ìacademicarchitectî in 1991.


PROF. VILÉM TAUSKÝ


Narodil se r. 1910 v P¯erovÏ. Studoval na Jan·ËkovÏ kon-zervato¯i v BrnÏ kompozici u Jan·Ëkov˝ch spolupracovnÌk˘a û·k˘.

VËasn˝ odchod do Francie p¯ed druhou svÏtovou v·lkou zna-menal pro nÏho nejenom z·chranu p¯ed deportacÌ do nÏmeckÈ-ho koncentraËnÌho t·bora, ale i odrazov˝ m˘stek pro dalöÌ roz-voj. Ve Francii se setkal s Rudolfem Firkuön˝m, VÌtÏzslavou Ka-pr·lovou, Ji¯Ìm Muchou a dalöÌmi, p¯edevöÌm vöak s Bohusla-vem Martin˘, jehoû dÌlo pak nep¯estal po cel˝ ûivot d˘slednÏpropagovat.

Ve Francii zorganizoval Ëeskoslovenskou vojenskou hudbu,kterÈ se pozdÏji poda¯ilo uprchnout do Brit·nie. Zde pracoval vev·lce jako vojensk˝ kapelnÌk a skladatel. V roce 1944 byl od-mÏnÏn »eskoslovensk˝m vojensk˝m k¯Ìûem.

Po skonËenÌ v·lky z˘stal v Anglii a vÏnoval svÈ sÌly propaga-ci ËeskÈ hudby. Ve spolupr·ci s p¯ednÌmi anglick˝mi orchestryprovedl ¯adu dÏl Ëesk˝ch autor˘: Smetanovu Mou vlast s Liver-pool Philharmonic, Smetanovu HubiËku s Carl Rosa Company,Dvo¯·kova JakobÌna, Fibichovu ä·rku, Martin˘ Komedii namostÏ a znovu Smetanovy DvÏ vdovy a Branibory v »ech·ch.S operou Sadler¥s Wells nastudoval v r. 1959 britskou premiÈruDvo¯·kovy Rusalky. V r. 1955 uvedl s London Philharmonica BBC Orchestra poprvÈ na svÏtÏ vöech öest symfoniÌ Bohusla-va Martin˘, pro BBC natoËil Jan·Ëk˘v Osud a JejÌ PastorkyÚu.

Na nejvyööÌm ûeb¯ÌËku britskÈ popularity se V. Tausk˝ ocitl˙Ëinkov·nÌm pro vÌce neû 5000 posluchaË˘ na svÏtozn·m˝chletnÌch Promen·dnÌch koncertech v lond˝nskÈ Albert Hall.V r. 1981 mu kr·lovna AlûbÏta II. udÏlila za z·sluhy ve sluûb·chhudby titul Commander of the British Empire. V r. 1999 byl vy-zv·n, aby v Lond˝nÏ ¯Ìdil tradiËnÌ slavnostnÌ koncert pro kr·-lovskou rodinu.

Jako jeden z nejv˝znamnÏjöÌch britsk˝ch dirigent˘ je patro-nem mnoha hudebnÌch nadacÌ a projekt˘.

VilÈm Tausk˝ was born in 1910 in P¯erov, Czech Republic. Hestudied composition at Jan·Ëek Conservatoire in Brno under thetuition of Jan·Ëekís colleagues and disciples.

His timely departure to France just before World War II notonly saved him from deportation to a German concentrationcamp, but was also a new starting point for further development.In France, he met Rudolf Firkuön , VÌtÏzslava Kapr·lov·, Ji¯ÌMucha, and in particular Bohuslav Martin˘, whose work he the-reafter continued to promote consistently throughout his life-time.

He organized a Czechoslovak military music band in France,which later managed to escape to Britain. There, during the war,VilÈm Tausk˝ was active as an army orchestra conductor andcomposer. In 1944, he was decorated with the Czechoslovak Mi-litary Cross.

After the war he stayed in England and devoted his efforts topromoting Czech music. In collaboration with prominent Eng-lish orchestras, he performed a number of works by Czech com-posers: Smetanaís My Country with the Liverpool Philharmo-nic, Smetanaís The Kiss with the Carl Rosa Company, Dvo-¯·kís The Jacobin, Fibichís ä·rka, Martin˘ís Comedy on theBridge, and again Smetanaís The Two Widows and The Bran-denburgers in Bohemia. In 1959, he performed the British pre-miere of Dvo¯·kís Rusalka with Sadlerís Wells Opera. In 1955,in a world premiere, he performed all of the six symphonies byBohuslav Martin˘ with the London Philharmonic and BBC Or-chestra, and recorded Jan·Ëekís Fate and Jenufa for BBC.

Tausk˝ found himself at the height of his popularity in Bri-tain after a performance for an audience of more than 5,000 atthe world-famous summer Proms at the Royal Albert Hall inLondon. In 1981, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II bestowedupon him the title of Commander of the British Empire for hisservice to music. In 1999, he was invited to conduct the tradi-tional gala concert for the Royal Family in London.

As one of Britainís most eminent conductors, he is a patron ofnumerous music foundations and projects.




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JAROSLAV VRZALA

FrancieFrance

Narodil se r. 1926 ve VelehradÏ na MoravÏ. V r. 1948 odeöel dofrancouzskÈho exilu. Od r. 1952 byl zamÏstn·n u VysokÈho komisa-ri·tu francouzsk˝ch okupaËnÌch sil v NÏmecku a Rakousku. Po n·-vratu do Pa¯Ìûe byl v r. 1955 zvolen gener·lnÌm tajemnÌkem RadysvobodnÈ ml·deûe st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌ Evropy, p˘sobÌcÌ v r·mci Ev-ropskÈho hnutÌ. Od r. 1959 pracoval jako redaktor v Ëeskosloven-skÈm vysÌl·nÌ francouzskÈho rozhlasu a od r. 1963 aû do odchodudo d˘chodu v r. 1983 jako novin·¯ ve francouzskÈm vysÌl·nÌ.

VÏnoval se soci·lnÌ Ëinnosti mezi uprchlÌky (integrace navr·til-c˘ z CizineckÈ legie, zajiöùov·nÌ stipendiÌ pro studenty v r. 1968).

J. Vrzala je autorem Ëetn˝ch Ël·nk˘ o situaci v zemÌch pod ko-munistickou nadvl·dou, spoluzakladatelem exilov˝ch Ëasopis˘NovÈ obzory a Rozmach.

Jako deleg·t ËeskoslovenskÈho exilu p˘sobil ¯adu let v r˘zn˝chfrancouzsk˝ch i mezin·rodnÌch organizacÌch, nap . v EvropskÈmhnutÌ, v K¯esùanskÈ demokratickÈ internacion·le, ve Svazu evrop-sk˝ch federalist˘ a v EvropskÈ lidovÈ stranÏ, kde prosazoval myö-lenku nezbytnÈ budoucÌ spolupr·ce se zemÏmi st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌEvropy. Aû do r. 1992 byl Ëlenem zahraniËnÏpolitickÈho v˝boruEvropskÈ lidovÈ strany. StÏûejnÌm bodem jeho exilovÈ Ëinnosti by-lo zaloûenÌ Unie pro evropskou solidaritu v r. 1983, pod patron·-tem ¯ady poslanc˘ EvropskÈho parlamentu. CÌlem Unie bylo p˘-sobit ve ätrasburku a v Bruselu na ochranu z·jm˘ zemÌ st¯ednÌa v˝chodnÌ Evropy. Z jejÌho podnÏtu byl ve ätrasburku zaloûenEvropsk˝ fond svobody projevu, kter˝ podporoval a uchov·val dÌ-la tehdy zak·zan˝ch autor˘ a umÏlc˘.

J. Vrzala nÏkolikr·t referoval v Soci·lnÌm v˝boru OSN v éene-vÏ o pron·sledov·nÌ k¯esùan˘ v komunistick˝ch zemÌch. Po usta-venÌ »eskÈ svÏtovÈ unie, jeû mÏla svÈ sÌdlo v USA, byl povÏ¯en ve-denÌm jejÌho evropskÈho sekretari·tu. Dodnes je aktivnÌm ËlenemsdruûenÌ COLISEE, jehoû cÌlem je koordinovat Ëinnost r˘zn˝chsdruûenÌ a institucÌ zemÌ z·padnÌ, st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌ Evropy.

S n·stupem demokratick˝ch pomÏr˘ ve st¯ednÌ EvropÏ jehoËinnost exilovÈho politika ustala, nad·le vöak obÏtavÏ spolupracu-je s krajansk˝mi krouûky ve Francii.

Jaroslav Vrzala was born in 1926 in Velehrad, Moravia. In 1948,he went into exile to France. From 1952, he was employed withthe French Republic High Commissions in Germany and Austria.After his return to Paris in 1955, Jaroslav Vrzala was appointedsecretary general of the Council of Free Youth of Central andEastern Europe, working within the framework of the EuropeanMovement. From 1959, he worked as an editor in the Czechoslo-vak Service of French Radio, and from 1963 until his retirementin 1983 he was a journalist in its French Service.

Jaroslav Vrzala has been involved in social work among refu-gees (the integration of those returning from the Foreign Legion,arranging for scholarships for students in 1968).

Vrzala is the author of numerous articles on the situation incountries under communist rule, and a co-founder of the exile ma-gazines NovÈ obzory (New Horizons) and Rozmach (Upsurge).

As a delegate of the Czechoslovak exile, Jaroslav Vrzala wasactive for many years in various French and international organi-zations, e.g. the European Movement, the Christian Democrat In-ternational, the Union of European Federalists, and the EuropeanPeopleís Party, where he promoted the idea of inevitable futurecooperation with countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Until1992, he was a member of the foreign policy committee of the Eu-ropean Peopleís Party. The central point of Jaroslav Vrzalaís exi-le activities was the foundation of the Union for European Solida-rity in 1983, under the sponsorship of a number of members of theEuropean Parliament. The Unionís objective was to work inStrasbourg and Brussels to protect the interests of Central andEastern European countries. On its initiative, the European Fundfor Freedom of Expression was founded in Strasbourg, whichsupported and preserved the works of the then prohibited authorsand artists.

Vrzala reported several times to the United Nations Social Com-mittee in Geneva on the persecution of Christians in communistcountries. After the foundation of the Czech World Union, withheadquarters in the United States, Jaroslav Vrzala was entrustedwith the management of its European secretariat. Jaroslav Vrzalais still an active member of COLISEE, an association whoseobjective is to coordinate the activities of various associations andinstitutions in countries of Western, Central and Eastern Europe.

Following the restoration of the democratic establishment inCentral Europe, Jaroslav Vrzala terminated his activity as an exilepolitician, but continues to collaborate selflessly with compatriotsocieties in France.


DR. FERNAND ZÜRNin memoriam

LucemburskoLuxembourg

Narodil se r. 1915 v Lucemburku. Vystudoval pr·va na uni-verzitÏ v Grenoblu a na pa¯ÌûskÈ SorbonnÏ. Za v·lky praco-val v Radiu Luxembourg, kr·tkou dobu i v administrativnÌmoddÏlenÌ praûskÈho rozhlasu. Koncem v·lky zde byl vÏznÏnza protinacistickÈ postoje, v kvÏtnovÈm povst·nÌ 1945 bylpraûsk˝mi povstalci osvobozen.

Po v·lce provozoval v Lucembursku advok·tnÌ praxi a an-gaûoval se politicky.

Nikdy na »eskoslovensko nezapomnÏl. Po invazi vojskVaröavskÈ smlouvy do »eskoslovenska v srpnu 1968 zorga-nizoval protestnÌ pochod hlavnÌm mÏstem, bÏhem nÏhoû by-ly spuötÏny st·tnÌ vlajky Lucemburska na p˘l ûerdi, zvonilyzvony vöech kostel˘ ve mÏstÏ a na nÏkolik minut byla zasta-vena doprava.

Vztah k n·m vyj·d¯il mj. iniciov·nÌm partnerstvÌ mezimÏsty Lucemburk a Praha. Zaslouûil se i o pojmenov·nÌ Ë·s-ti hlavnÌho lucemburskÈho n·mÏstÌ po Janu Palachovia o spoluzaloûenÌ Spolku »eskoslovensko-lucemburskÈhop¯·telstvÌ (1991), pozdÏji p¯ejmenovanÈho na Asociaci »es-ko-slovensko-lucemburskÈho p¯·telstvÌ. Od r. 1993 do r. 1997vykon·val funkci p¯edsedy tÈto organizace, pozdÏji byl i p¯essv˘j vysok˝ vÏk Ëlenem jejÌ spr·vnÌ rady a Ëestn˝m p¯edse-dou.

Zem¯el v r. 2000.

Fernand Z¸rn was born in 1915 in Luxembourg. He studiedlaw at the University of Grenoble and at the Sorbonne in Pa-ris. During World War II, he worked for Radio Luxembourg,and also briefly for the administrative department of PragueRadio. Towards the end of the war he was imprisoned for hisanti-Nazi attitude, and was liberated by Prague insurgents du-ring the Prague Uprising in May 1945.

After the war, he practiced law in Luxembourg, and wasalso involved in politics.

He never forgot about Czechoslovakia. After the invasionof the Warsaw Treaty armies in August 1968, he organizeda protest march in the capital of Luxembourg, during whichthe national flags of Luxembourg were drawn down at half-mast, bells rang in all churches in the city, and traffic was hal-ted for several minutes.

He expressed his relationship to the Czech Republic by,among other things, initiating a partnership between the citi-es of Luxembourg and Prague. He was also instrumental innaming a part of the city of Luxembourgís main square afterJan Palach and in establishing the Association of Czechoslo-vak-Luxembourg Friendship (1991), later renamed as theAssociation of Czech-Slovak-Luxembourg Friendship. From1993 to 1997 he was president of the Association, and later,despite his advanced age, he was a member of its board oftrustees and its honorary president.

Fernand Z¸rn died in 2000.




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ČESKÁ VZDĚLÁVACÍ NADACE

V TEXASU, USA

CZECH EDUCATIONAL

FOUNDATION OF TEXAS

(CEFT), USA

Nadace CEFT vznikla v r. 1950 za ˙Ëelem öÌ¯enÌ pravdivÈhoobrazu o »eskoslovensku. JejÌm cÌlem je mj. podpora progra-m˘ vedoucÌch k prohloubenÌ znalostÌ Ëeötiny, ËeskÈ historie, li-teratury a umÏnÌ. CEFT podporuje i dalöÌ aktivity, kterÈ p¯ispÌ-vajÌ k prezentaci ËeskÈ kultury v USA. SouËasn˝m p¯edsedoua v˝konn˝m ¯editelem CEFT je profesor Cl inton J . Ma-chann.

CEFT vytvo¯ila v USA dva z·sadnÌ a v souËasnosti ojedinÏ-lÈ vzdÏl·vacÌ programy Ëesk˝ch studiÌ, a to The Texas Chair ofCzech Studies a The CEFT William J. Hlavinka Fellowship.Tyto programy majÌ st·l˝ a trvale zajiötÏn˝ charakter, tj. nejsouz·vislÈ pouze na moment·lnÌm z·jmu o Ëesk· studia. Z·sluhuna tom m· skuteËnost, ûe CEFTu se pro tento ˙Ëel v minulostipoda¯ilo nashrom·ûdit dostateËnÏ vysokÈ finanËnÌ prost¯edky(jejich dneönÌ hodnota dosahuje 2 mil. USD). P¯edsedou po-radnÌho v˝boru st·vajÌcÌho programu je Roger J . Kolar.

Program The Texas Chair of Czech Studies p¯ivedl na uni-verzitu v Austinu v poslednÌch letech ¯adu Ëesk˝ch profesor˘Ëeötiny, literatury, filmu a umÏnÌ. SouË·stÌ programu je i v˝-mÏna student˘ mezi »R a USA, kter· p¯edstavuje ñ vedle Ful-brightova programu ñ ojedinÏlou st·lou p¯Ìleûitost pro ËeskÈstudenty. Z prost¯edk˘ fondu CEFT byla financov·na i ¯adaakcÌ kulturnÏ propagaËnÌho zamÏ¯enÌ o ËeskÈ literatu¯e, di-vadle, folkloru a umÏnÌ, filmu a hudbÏ.

Nadace Williama J. Hlavinky je nov˝m programem CEFT, za-h·jen˝m v ¯Ìjnu 1999. Tato nadace umoûÚuje kaûdoroËnÏ jedno-mu ËeskÈmu profesorovi vyuËovat Ëeötinu na TexaskÈ univerzitÏ.SouË·stÌ ˙kol˘ vybranÈho profesora je i p¯edn·ökov· Ëinnost mi-mo univerzitu, tj. pro öiröÌ americkou ve¯ejnost, ËÌmû CEFT zajiö-ùuje i pravidelnou a odbornou publicitu pro »R.

CEFT was created in 1950 for the purpose of showing a truth-ful image of Czechoslovakia. One of its aims is to support pro-grams designed to deepen knowledge of Czech language, his-tory, literature and arts. CEFT also supports other activities thathelp to present Czech culture in the United States. At present,CEFTís president and executive director is Professor ClintonJ. Machann.

CEFT has created two fundamental and currently uniqueeducational programs of Czech studies in the U.S.A.: The Te-xas Chair of Czech Studies and The CEFT William J. HlavinkaFellowship. These programs are permanently established, i.e.they are not reliant on a fleeting interest in Czech studies. Thisis thanks to the fact that CEFT was successful in the past in col-lecting sufficiently large financial resources for the purpose(at present worth USD 2 million). The president of the pro-gramís consultation committee is Mr. Roger J. Kolar.

In the past few years, the Texas Chair of Czech Studies pro-gram has attracted a number of Czech professors of Czech lan-guage, literature, film and arts to the University of Texas inAustin. The program also includes exchanges of students be-tween the Czech Republic and the United States, which repre-sents ñ besides the Fulbright program ñ a unique permanent op-portunity for Czech students. In the past, CEFT has used its re-sources to support a number of other cultural events promotingCzech literature, theater, folklore, arts, film and music.

The William J. Hlavinka Fellowship is a new CEFT pro-gram, launched in October 1999. This program makes it pos-sible for one Czech professor every year to teach Czech at Te-xas University. A part of the chosen professorís tasks is alsolecturing outside the university, i.e. for the broader Americanpublic; in this way, CEFT ensures regular and professionalpublicity for the Czech Republic.


SOKOL SYDNEYAustrálie, Australia

Sokol Sydney vznikl po p¯Ìjezdu prvnÌ vlny pov·leËnÈ emi-grace. Za p¯Ìtomnosti 29 ˙ËastnÌk˘ byl v srpnu 1950 zvolenprvnÌ v˝bor Jednoty sokolskÈ. V listopadu 1952 mÏla Sokol-sk· jednota uû 116 Ëlen˘. Sokolsk˝ n·rodnÌ d˘m se zaËal sta-vÏt v z·¯Ì 1973 a byl otev¯en 2. dubna 1977. V r. 1995 do So-kolskÈho n·rodnÌho domu zavÌtal i prezident V. Havel.

SokolovÈ, kte¯Ì emigrovali po r. 1948 a zejmÈna po r. 1952ñ kdy byla zak·z·na jejich Ëinnost v »SR ñ do USA, Kana-dy a z·padnÌ Evropy, mohli i nad·le p˘sobit, protoûe v tÏch-to zemÌch mÏly sokolskÈ spolky dlouhou tradici, fungujÌcÌorganizaci a prostorovÈ z·zemÌ. V Austr·lii tomu tak nebylo.SokolovÈ, kte¯Ì tam emigrovali po druhÈ svÏtovÈ v·lce, mu-seli nejd¯Ìve svÈ jednoty na australskÈm kontinentÏ zaloûita mravenËÌ pracÌ vybudovat vlastnÌ materi·lnÏ technickou z·-kladnu, zejmÈna sokolovny.

Sokol Sydney se z˙Ëastnil vöech sokolsk˝ch slet˘ mimoAustr·lii. NejpoËetnÏjöÌ v˝prava na vöesokolsk˝ slet z Aus-tr·lie smÏ¯ovala do VÌdnÏ v r. 1982 a sest·vala z 56 Sokol˘.Na XII. vöesokolskÈm sletu v Praze 1994 cviËilo 12 Sokol˘ zeSydney a navötÌvilo jej vÌce neû 100 krajan˘ z Austr·lie.

SydneyötÌ SokolovÈ plnili i ˙koly spojenÈ s Olympijsk˝mihrami v Sydney v r. 2000. Na slet do Prahy v tÈmû roce vy-slali dvacetiËlennou skupinu, kter· se z˙Ëastnila pochoduPrahou a kulturnÌch a sportovnÌch akcÌ v r·mci programuPraha ñ evropskÈ mÏsto kultury 2000.

Sokol Sydney was formed after the arrival of the first waveof post-war immigrants. In the presence of 29 participants,the first committee of the Sokol Association was elected inAugust 1950. By November 1952, the Sokol Association al-ready had 116 members. The construction of the Sokol Natio-nal House (Sokolsk˝ n·rodnÌ d˘m) began in September 1973and was opened on April 2, 1977. President Havel visited theSokol National House in 1995.

Sokol members who emigrated after 1948 and, especially,after 1952 ñ when a ban was imposed on their activities in theCzechoslovak Republic ñ to the United States, Canada andWestern Europe were able to continue their activities becau-se Sokol organizations in those countries had a long traditi-on, functioning organization and sufficient background. This,however, was not the case in Australia. Sokol members whoemigrated to Australia after World War II first had to estab-lish their organizations in Australia, and by diligent workbuild up their own material and technical base, especiallySokol gyms.

Sokol Sydney has participated in all Sokol rallies held out-side Australia. The largest contingent, consisting of 56 Sokolmembers, traveled from Australia to the all-Sokol rally in Vi-enna in 1982. Twelve Sokol members from Sydney exercisedat the Twelfth All-Sokol Rally in Prague in 1994, and theevent was visited by more than 100 compatriots from Aus-tralia.

Sydney Sokol members also carried out tasks associatedwith the Olympic Games in Sydney in 2000. Sokol Sydneysent a group of twenty members to the rally held the sameyear in Prague, who marched through Prague and took part inthe cultural and sport events in the program Prague ñ Euro-pean City of Culture 2000.




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UNIKÁTNÍ PROJEKTY

UNIQUE PROJECTS

ČRCzech Republic

ObËanskÈ sdruûenÌ Unik·tnÌ projekty vzniklo v r. 1995. Je-ho cÌlem je jednak realizace projekt˘, kterÈ majÌ prezentovat»eskou republiku v r˘zn˝ch zemÌch svÏta, jednak podporav˝tvarn˝ch aktivit zdravotnÏ postiûen˝ch dÏtÌ

SdruûenÌ zaloûili LubomÌr Vejraûka (vlevo) a Ji¯ ÌHladÌk. Jejich prvnÌm projektem bylo zdokumentov·nÌ p˘-sobnosti Moravsk˝ch brat¯Ì v odlehlÈ Ë·sti Tibetu, v hor·chna pomezÌ Karakoramu a Him·laje. Smyslem projektu bylodoloûit tento objev fotografickou report·ûÌ a zmapovat jehohistorickÈ okolnosti. To vedlo pozdÏji k obecnÏjöÌmu z·jmusdruûenÌ o p˘vod a p˘sobnost Moravsk˝ch brat¯Ì i v jin˝chË·stech svÏta a u n·s. Popularizaci tÈhoû tÈmatu poslouûilaputovnÌ v˝stava, publikace v ËeötinÏ, angliËtinÏ a nÏmËinÏa televiznÌ film. V stavy se jiû uskuteËnily mj. v indickÈmDillÌ a v NÏmecku.

Druh˝ projekt byl vÏnov·n uctÏnÌ pam·tky obÏtÌ ze-mÏt¯esenÌ v Peru v r. 1970, p¯i nÏmû zahynulo vedle 70 tisÌcPeru·nc˘ i 14 Ëeskoslovensk˝ch horolezc˘. V r·mci projek-tu byl natoËen film a byly vyd·ny dvÏ knihy o katastrofÏ,o souËasnÈm ûivotÏ Indi·n˘ a o osudech vdov a dÏtÌ po mrt-v˝ch horolezcÌch. SdruûenÌ zorganizovalo vdov·m po Ës. ho-rolezcÌch cestu do Peru.

SdruûenÌ se rovnÏû vÏnovalo pr·ci v prost¯edÌ zdravotnÏpostiûen˝ch dÏtÌ. P¯ipravilo projekty Otev¯me oËi, aby semohly sm·t a EvropskÈ v˝tvarnÈ centrum pro postiûenÈ dÏti.Tyto aktivity smÏ¯ujÌ k posÌlenÌ ûivotnÌ motivace postiûen˝chdÏtÌ prost¯ednictvÌm v˝tvarnÈ Ëinnosti. Z pracÌ dÏtÌ a sv˝chfotografiÌ uspo¯·dalo sdruûenÌ v˝stavy Peru ñ touhy a snya Ladakh ñ touhy a sny. Expozice mÏly ˙spÏch i v NÏmeckua ve Francii.

The civic association Unique Projects was founded in 1995.Its objectives include the implementation of projects design-ed to represent the Czech Republic in different countriesthroughout the world, and support for the artistic activities ofhandicapped children.

The association was founded by LubomÌr Vejraûka(left) and Ji¯ Ì HladÌk. Their initial project involved docu-menting the activities of the Moravian Brethren in a remotepart of Tibet, in the mountains on the border of Karakoramand Himalayas. The purpose of the project was to documentthis discovery with photo coverage and explore its historiccircumstances. This subsequently resulted in a more generalinterest by the association in the origins and activities of theMoravian Brethren in other parts of the world and in theCzech Republic. The popularization of this topic was pro-moted by a traveling exhibition, publications in Czech,English and German, and a television film. Exhibitions havebeen organized, for example, in Delhi and in Germany.

Another project was dedicated to commemorating the vic-tims of an earthquake in Peru in 1970, which claimed 70,000casualties among Peruvians, as well as 14 Czechoslovakmountaineers. As part of the project, a film was produced andtwo books were published about the catastrophe, about thepresent life of local Indians, and about the fate of the widowsand children of the mountaineers who died. The associationorganized a trip to Peru for the widows of these Czechoslo-vak mountaineers.

The association has also worked in the field of handicap-ped children. It has prepared the projects Letís open our eyesso they can laugh and the European center of arts for handi-capped children. These activities seek to strengthen handi-capped childrenís motivation for life through art. The associ-ation has organized exhibitions of the childrenís works andits own photographs: Peru ñ Dreams and Desires and Ladakhñ Dreams and Desires. The exhibitions have also been verysuccessful in Germany and France.


DR. APRIL CARTEROVÁ


Narodila se r. 1938 v Anglii. Povol·nÌm je spisovatelkaa univerzitnÌ lektorka.

Od konce 50. let se angaûuje v boji za lidsk· a obËansk·pr·va. Po invazi vojsk VaröavskÈ smlouvy do »eskosloven-ska v r. 1968 iniciovala a spoluorganizovala mezin·rodnÌprotesty organizace War Resisters International. Tyto protes-tnÌ akce byly tÈmatem sbornÌku Support Czechoslovakia, kte-r˝ redigovala s Michaelem Randlem a kter˝ vyöel v Lond˝-nÏ v roce 1969.

V r. 1970 byla jednou z prvnÌch osob vyslan˝ch do »esko-slovenska za ˙Ëelem nav·z·nÌ spojenÌ s opoziËnÌmi skupina-mi. Od tÈ doby aktivnÏ podporovala Ëeskoslovensk˝ disenta ˙zce spolupracovala s agenturou Palach Press, The Jan Pa-lach Information and Research Trust a East European Cultu-ral Foundation. Byla hybnou silou v poË·tcÌch tÏchto insti-tucÌ a p¯ispÏla i prakticky k vybudov·nÌ fungujÌcÌ komuni-kaËnÏ-z·sobovacÌ cesty mezi Ës. opozicÌ a Lond˝nem.

Organizovala p¯epravu zak·zanÈ literatury speci·lnÏ upra-ven˝m karavanem. Tento v˘z se vydal na svou prvnÌ cestuv lednu 1971 do Brna. DalöÌch deset let se do »eskosloven-ska dost·vala tÌmto zp˘sobem literatura a rozmnoûovacÌtechnika a opaËn˝m smÏrem zase vzkazy, audio nebo video-nahr·vky rozhovor˘ s p¯edstaviteli opozice apod.

Cel· 80. lÈta p¯ispÌvala A. Carterov· do samizdatov˝chpublikacÌ vyd·van˝ch v »eskoslovensku.

April Carter was born in England in 1938. She is a writerand university lecturer by profession.

Since the early 1950s, April Carter has been active in thestruggle for human and civil rights. After the Warsaw Treatyarmiesí invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, she initiated andorganized international protests of War Resisters Internatio-nal. These protest rallies were the subject of a Support Cze-choslovakia anthology, which April Carter edited togetherwith Michael Randle and which was published in London in1969.

In 1970, she was one of the first persons to be sent to Cze-choslovakia in order to establish contact with oppositiongroups. From then on, April Carter actively supported Cze-choslovak dissent and closely cooperated with the PalachPress agency, The Jan Palach Information and ResearchTrust and the East European Cultural Foundation. She wasthe driving force during the early stages of these institutions,and also made a practical contribution to the establishment offunctional communications and supply routes between theCzechoslovak opposition and London.

April Carter organized the transportation of prohibited li-terature in a specially modified trailer. The vehicle set out onits first journey in January 1971 to the city of Brno. For thenext ten years, literature and copiers were delivered in thismanner to Czechoslovakia, and messages and audio or videorecordings of interviews with opposition representatives ma-de their way out of Czechoslovakia.

During the 1980s, Carter contributed to samizdat publica-tions issued in Czechoslovakia.




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ING. ALEXANDR DRBAL

Ukrajina – ČRUkraine – Czech Republic

Narodil se r. 1947 v OdÏse na UkrajinÏ v rodinÏ Ëesk˝chp¯istÏhovalc˘ z 19. stol. Cel˝ ûivot pracoval v oboru geodÈ-zie a kartografie. Od r. 1996 ûije v »R.

V pr˘bÏhu let 1989-96 byl Ëinn˝ v ËeskÈm krajanskÈmhnutÌ na UkrajinÏ. P¯iËinil se o obrozenÌ star˝ch a p¯ispÏl kevzniku nov˝ch krajansk˝ch spolk˘: »eskÈ besedy ve LvovÏ,»esk˝ch brat¯Ì v Bohemce VradijevskÈho okresu Mykolajiv-skÈ oblasti a »eskÈ besedy v OdÏse. V r. 1990 byl zakl·dajÌ-cÌm Ëlenem Rady »eskoslovenskÈ kulturnÏ-osvÏtovÈ spoleË-nosti J. A. KomenskÈho na UkrajinÏ. Kdyû v r. 1995 zanikla,stal se zakl·dajÌcÌm Ëlenem a prvnÌm p¯edsedou »eskÈ n·-rodnÌ rady Ukrajiny (1995-96).

V letech 1990-96 zast·val funkci p¯edsedy »eskÈ besedyve LvovÏ. V r. 1993 zastupoval Lvovskou oblast v RadÏ p¯ed-stavitel˘ obËansk˝ch sdruûenÌ n·rodnostnÌch menöin p¯i Mi-nisterstvu pro z·leûitosti n·rodnostÌ a migrace. P¯iËinil serovnÏû o nav·z·nÌ vztah˘ »esk˝ch brat¯Ì na UkrajinÏ s »es-kobratrskou cÌrkvÌ evangelickou a v r. 1996 o stavbu evange-lickÈho kostela ñ BetlÈmskÈ kaple ñ v osadÏ Bohemka.

Od r. 1996 je v Praze Ëlenem v˝boru obËanskÈho sdruûenÌExulant, Ëlenem SdruûenÌ »ech˘ z VolynÏ a jejich p¯·tel a odr. 1999 Ëlenem konzultativnÌ rady p¯i St·lÈ komisi Sen·tu »Rpro krajany ûijÌcÌ v zahraniËÌ.

Zaslouûil se o rozvoj Ëesko-ukrajinsk˝ch vztah˘ a öÌ¯enÌznalostÌ o »eskÈ republice na UkrajinÏ. Na tato tÈmata pub-likoval jak v ËeötinÏ, tak ukrajinötinÏ. M· z·sluhy takÈ o za-chov·nÌ ËeskÈho jazyka v krajansk˝ch komunit·ch, o rozvojbohemistick˝ch studiÌ na odborn˝ch pracoviötÌch na Ukraji-nÏ a o jejich spolupr·ci s institucemi v »R, vËetnÏ Univerzi-ty Karlovy a Akademie vÏd »R.

A lexandr Drbal was born in 1947 in Odessa, Ukraine, intothe family of Czech immigrants from the 19th century. All hislife, Drbal has worked in the field of geodesy and cartograp-hy. Since 1996, Mr. Drbal has lived in the Czech Republic.

In the years 1989 to 1996, Alexandr Drbal was active inthe Czech compatriot life in the Ukraine. He was instrumen-tal in the revitalization of old, and the creation of new, com-patriot societies: »esk· beseda in Lvov; Czech Brethren inBohemka, a village in Vradiivka district, Mykolaiv region;and »esk· beseda in Odessa. In 1990, he was one of thefounding members of the Council of the Czechoslovak Cul-tural and Educational Society of J. A. Comenius in the Ukra-ine. After the Council was dissolved in 1995, Mr. Drbal be-came a founding member and the first chairman of the CzechNational Council in the Ukraine (1995 ñ 1996).

From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Drbal held the post of chairman of»esk· beseda in Lvov. In 1993, he represented the Lvov regi-on in the Council of Representatives of Ethnic Minority CivicAssociations of the Ministry for Nationalities and Migration.He was also instrumental in establishing contact between theCzech Brethren in the Ukraine and the Evangelical Church ofCzech Brethren, and in erecting an evangelical church ñ theBethlehem Chapel ñ in the village of Bohemka in 1996.

Since 1996, Mr. Drbal has been a member of the commit-tee of Exulant (Exile), a civic association in Prague, a mem-ber of the Association of Volhynia Czechs and Their Friends,and, since 1999, a member of the consultative council of theStanding Commission of the Senate of the Czech Republic forCompatriots Living Abroad.

He has been instrumental in the development of Czech-Uk-rainian relations and dissemination of information about theCzech Republic in the Ukraine. He has published articles con-cerning these topics in both Czech and Ukrainian. He has alsocontributed to the preservation of the Czech language in com-patriot communities, to the development of Czech studies atexpert institutions in the Ukraine, and to their cooperation withinstitutions in the Czech Republic, including Charles Univer-sity and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.


FERNAND HALBART

BelgieBelgium

Narodil se r. 1938 v Uccle. Poch·zÌ z tradiËnÌ podnikatelskÈrodiny.

DÌky dlouholetÈ spolupr·ci a aktivnÌmu z·jmu o rozvojvz·jemn˝ch vztah˘ mezi BelgiÌ a »R spoluzakl·dal v r. 1990SmÌöenou belgicko-lucemburskou obchodnÌ komoru pro »es-koslovensko se sÌdlem v Bruselu. Po rozdÏlenÌ »eskosloven-ska byla transformov·na na samostatnou komoru pro »R,v jejÌmû Ëele stanul. Je rovnÏû spolup¯edsedou SmÌöenÈ Ëes-ko-belgicko-lucemburskÈ obchodnÌ komory se sÌdlem v Pra-ze, zaloûenÈ r. 1997.

Poskytuje informace o podmÌnk·ch pro hospod·¯skou a in-vestiËnÌ Ëinnost belgick˝ch podnikatelsk˝ch subjekt˘ v »R.PodÌlÌ se na p¯ÌpravÏ odborn˝ch semin·¯˘, mj. o pr·vnÌch, fi-nanËnÌch a praktick˝ch aspektech spojen˝ch s budoucÌmËlenstvÌm »R v EU a o moûnosti spolupr·ce Ëesk˝ch a bel-gick˝ch podnik˘ na t¯etÌch trzÌch. Napom·h· p¯i zÌsk·v·nÌfundovan˝ch belgick˝ch lektor˘. V znamnÏ se podÌlÌ na vy-sÌl·nÌ Ëesk˝ch podnikatelsk˝ch delegacÌ do Belgie a Lucem-burska a belgick˝ch do »R.

Byl inici·torem a hlavnÌm organiz·torem setk·nÌ Czech-Belgium Business Day, kterÈ se uskuteËnilo s velk˝m ˙spÏ-chem p¯i p¯Ìleûitosti belgickÈ kr·lovskÈ n·vötÏvy v Prazev ¯Ìjnu 2000. Zaslouûil se o ˙spÏch obchodnÏ-ekonomickÈhosemin·¯e v r·mci n·vötÏvy premiÈra M. Zemana v Bruseluv ˙noru 2001. Spoluorganizuje studijnÌ cesty Ëesk˝ch odbor-nÌk˘ do Belgie a zajiöùuje vhodnÈ hostitelskÈ organizace.Spolufinancuje provoz SmÌöenÈ obchodnÌ komory v Bruselua vyd·v·nÌ hospod·¯sko-kulturnÌho bulletinu VelvyslanectvÌ»R a »eskÈho centra.

Fernand Halbart was born in 1938 in Uccle, Belgium. Hecomes from a traditional business family.

Thanks to his long-standing cooperation and active inter-est in developing mutual relations between Belgium and theCzech Republic, he was one of the co-founders of the Belgo-Luxembourg Joint Chamber of Commerce for Czechoslova-kia with headquarters in Brussels in 1990. After the divisionof Czechoslovakia, it was transformed into an independentchamber for the Czech Republic, and Mr. Halbart became itspresident. He is also one of the joint presidents of the Czech-Belgian-Luxembourg Joint Chamber of Commerce with he-adquarters in Prague, founded in 1997.

He provides information on the conditions for conductingeconomic and investor activities of Belgian business entitiesin the Czech Republic. He participates in the preparation ofexpert seminars, especially the legal, financial and practicalaspects associated with the Czech Republicís future mem-bership of the EU, and the possibilities of cooperation bet-ween Czech and Belgian businesses in third markets. Hehelps to find qualified Belgian lecturers. He is also instru-mental in sending Czech entrepreneurial delegations to Bel-gium and Luxembourg and Belgian delegations to the CzechRepublic.

He was the initiator and chief organizer of an event calledthe Czech-Belgium Business Day, which took place with greatsuccess on the occasion of the Belgian Royal visit to Prague inOctober 2000. He was instrumental in the success of the com-mercial and economic seminar organized as a part of the visitof Prime Minister Zeman to Brussels in February 2001. Heco-organizes study stays of Czech experts in Brussels, andcontacts suitable host organizations. He co-finances the opera-tion of the Joint Chamber of Commerce in Brussels and thepublication of the economic and cultural bulletin of theEmbassy of the Czech Republic and the Czech Center.




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ING. HERBERT KLEMENT

RakouskoAustria

Narodil se r. 1940 ve VÌdni. M· obchodnÌ vzdÏl·nÌ. V oblas-ti Ëesko-rakousk˝ch hospod·¯sk˝ch styk˘ zaËal p˘sobit v po-lovinÏ öedes·t˝ch let. Je konzultantem Hospod·¯skÈ komoryDolnÌ Rakousko a ObchodnÌ a hospod·¯skÈ komory Brno.Zpracov·v· studie na podporu obchodnÌ spolupr·ce a infor-maËnÌ materi·ly o »R. Je propag·torem umÌsùov·nÌ rakous-k˝ch investic v »R.

Od r. 1992 se soust¯edil na rozvoj vz·jemnÈ hospod·¯skÈspolupr·ce region˘ jiûnÌ Moravy a DolnÌho Rakouska. Zasadilse o vytvo¯enÌ partnerstvÌ mezi ObchodnÌ a hospod·¯skou ko-morou Brno a Hospod·¯skou komorou DolnÌ Rakousko.

V r. 1995 zaloûil poradenskou firmu, kter· se koncentruje nap¯eshraniËnÌ hospod·¯skou spolupr·ci. Za ˙Ëelem podpory ma-l˝ch a st¯ednÌch podnik˘ na obou stran·ch hranice, resp. jejichvz·jemnÈ spolupr·ce, vytvo¯il v r·mci programu EU InterregvlastnÌ projekt Most /Die Br¸cke a pozdÏji ve spolupr·ci sespolkovou zemÌ DolnÌ Rakousko a Hospod·¯skou komorouDolnÌ Rakousko projekt Spolu. Organizuje setk·v·nÌ z·stupc˘region˘, p¯ipravuje odbornÈ podklady k region·lnÌm dohod·m,podporuje vznik partnerstvÌ mÏst a obcÌ (inicioval nap . doho-du mÏst Slavkov a Horn).

V r·mci svÈ Ëinnosti vybudoval poradenskou sÌù, kter· po-mohla desÌtk·m mal˝ch a st¯ednÌch podnik˘ na obou stran·chhranice nav·zat obchodnÌ spolupr·ci, zaloûit spoleËnÈ firmynebo se podÌlet kapit·lovÏ, na b·zi joint venture nebo v˝mÏnyknow-how.

Ve spolupr·ci s Rakousk˝m svazem region·lnÌho rozvoje za-loûil v r. 2000 SdruûenÌ k podpo¯e p¯eshraniËnÌch hospod·¯-sk˝ch vztah˘ pro malÈ a st¯ednÌ podniky ve st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌEvropÏ, v nÏmû se angaûujÌ specialistÈ ze vöech oblastÌ podni-k·nÌ.

V r. 2003 zaloûil Rakousko ñ Ëeskou obchodnÌ spoleËnost veZnojmÏ.

Herbert Klement was born in 1940 in Vienna. He receiveda business education. Mr. Klement began to be active in Czech-Austrian economic relations in the middle of 1960s. He isa consultant for the Economic Chamber of Lower Austria andthe Brno Chamber of Commerce. He drafts studies in supportof business cooperation, and information materials about theCzech Republic. He promotes the placement of Austrian in-vestments in the Czech Republic.

Since 1992, Mr. Klement has concentrated on developingmutual economic cooperation between the regions of SouthernMoravia and Lower Austria. He promoted the creation ofa partnership between the Brno Chamber of Commerce and theEconomic Chamber of Lower Austria.

In 1995, Mr. Klement set up a consulting company in cross-border economic cooperation. In order to support small and me-dium-sized enterprises on both sides of the border, and theirmutual cooperation, he designed Most/Die Br¸cke (Bridge),a project of his own within the framework of the EU Interregprogram, and later on the project Spolu (Together) in coopera-tion with the federal province of Lower Austria and the Eco-nomic Chamber of Lower Austria. He organizes meetings ofrepresentatives of the regions, prepares expert documentationunderlying regional agreements, and supports the creation ofpartnerships between towns and municipalities (for example,he initiated a twinning between the towns of Slavkov andHorn).

As part of his activities, Mr. Klement has established an ad-visory network, which has helped dozens of small and medi-um-sized enterprises on both sides of the border to establishbusiness cooperation, found partnerships, or make capital in-vestments, whether in the form of joint ventures or an exchan-ge of know-how.

In 2000, Herbert Klement, in cooperation with the AustrianRegional Development Union, founded the Association forSupport of Cross-Border Economic Relations for Small andMedium-sized Enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe, inwhich specialists from all areas of business are involved.

In 2003, Herbert Klement founded the Austrian ñ Czech Tra-de Association based in Znojmo, Czech Republic.


PROF. MUSTAFA KRANTJA

AlbánieAlbania

Narodil se r. 1921 v alb·nskÈ Kavaje. Na konzervato¯i v It·-lii vystudoval hru na housle a potÈ p˘sobil jako houslista or-chestru tiranskÈho rozhlasu. V r. 1946 se stal dirigentem to-hoto tÏlesa.

V r. 1947 byl vysl·n na St·tnÌ konzervato¯ v Praze, kde za-Ëal studovat dirigov·nÌ a kompozici. Dva roky potÈ s vyni-kajÌcÌm ocenÏnÌm absolvoval dirigentsk˝ obor konzervato¯eu dirigenta Aloise KlÌmy. V r. 1950 ˙spÏönÏ ukonËil studiakompozice a podal p¯ihl·öku na praûskou AMU. V tÈ dobÏmÏl jiû v Praze vynikajÌcÌ renomÈ a byl asistentem profesor˘AMU Karla AnËerla a V·clava Talicha.

V r. 1950 byl odvol·n ze studiÌ zpÏt do Alb·nie. Jako diri-gent pracoval s r˘zn˝mi umÏleck˝mi kolektivy. St·l u zroduDivadla opery a baletu v TiranÏ. Velmi rychle se stal zn·-m˝m propag·torem ËeskÈ hudby, zvl·ötÏ pak dÏl Bed¯ichaSmetany, AntonÌna Dvo¯·ka, Leoöe Jan·Ëka, Josefa Sukaa ZdeÚka Fibicha. Jako prvnÌ v Alb·nii jeötÏ v 50. letech na-studoval a uvedl operu Prodan· nevÏsta (v reûii Milady Ji-r·skovÈ). Po r. 1961 jiû z politick˝ch d˘vod˘ do Prahy cesto-vat nesmÏl. Tuto moûnost obnovily teprve zmÏny v r. 1989 ñnÏkolikr·t za sebou byl pak hostem festivalu PraûskÈ jaro.V Praze byl naposledy v r. 2001.

Prof. M. Krantja byl zakl·dajÌcÌm Ëlenem a aû do svÈ smr-ti Ëestn˝m p¯edsedou SpoleËnosti p¯·tel »R.

Zem¯el r. 2002.

Mustafa Krantja was born in 1921 in Kavaja, Albania. Hestudied the violin at a conservatoire in Italy, and then workedas a violinist in the Tirana Radio Orchestra. In 1946 he beca-me the conductor of the orchestra.

In 1947 he was sent to the State Conservatoire in Prague,where he studied conducting and composition. He graduatedwith honors two years later, completing his conducting studi-es under the tuition of the conductor Alois KlÌma. In 1950 hesuccessfully completed his composition studies and filed anadmission application with the Prague-based Academy ofMusic and Dramatic Arts (AMU). By that time, he alreadyhad an excellent reputation in Prague, and assisted AMU pro-fessors Karel AnËerl and V·clav Talich.

In 1950, he was recalled from his studies back to Albania.As conductor, he worked with different ensembles. He wasone of the founders of the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Ti-rana. He quickly became a renowned promoter of Czech mu-sic, and especially of the work of Bed¯ich Smetana, AntonÌnDvo¯·k, Leoö Jan·Ëek, Josef Suk and ZdenÏk Fibich. As ear-ly as the 1950s he was the first in Albania to study and con-duct Bed¯ich Smetanaís opera The Bartered Bride (directedby Milada Jir·skov·). After 1961, he was not permitted totravel to Prague for political reasons. This opportunity wasnot renewed until the changes that took place in 1989 ñ hewas then a guest of the Prague Spring festival several times.He visited Prague for the last time in 2001.

Prof. Krantja was a founding member and, until his death,the honorary president of the Society of Friends of the CzechRepublic.

Mustafa Krantja died in 2002.




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ING. ALEŠ MACHÁČEK

ČRCzech Republic

Narodil se r. 1946 v Praze. Vystudoval Vysokou ökolu ze-mÏdÏlskou. V 70. letech ˙zce spolupracoval s ileg·lnÌmi opo-ziËnÌmi skupinami a zajiöùoval jejich spojenÌ na Z·pad, p¯e-devöÌm na Solidarity Fund a agenturu Palach Press. Dost·-val z Lond˝na z·silky zak·zan˝ch knih a periodik, zvl·ötÏListy a SvÏdectvÌ, kterÈ pak distribuoval. älo o jednu z nej-vÏtöÌch distribuËnÌch sÌtÌ svÈho druhu.

V lednu 1977 byl zatËen a odsouzen k t¯em a p˘l let˘m vÏ-zenÌ nepodmÌnÏnÏ. Po odpyk·nÌ trestu byl perzekvov·n a by-lo mu znemoûÚov·no najÌt si zamÏstn·nÌ. Znovu zaËal distri-buovat kniûnÌ z·silky propaöovanÈ z Lond˝na. V kvÏtnu1985 byl donucen emigrovat.

V Lond˝nÏ se zapojil do pr·ce agentury Palach Press. MÏlna starosti rozmnoûov·nÌ a v·z·nÌ samizdatov˝ch publikacÌ,kterÈ pak poskytoval rozs·hlÈ sÌti nejzn·mÏjöÌch svÏtov˝chknihoven, v˝zkumn˝m ˙stav˘m a institucÌm, ale i minister-stv˘m zahraniËnÌch vÏcÌ USA, Brit·nie, It·lie atd. Pro pot¯e-by mezin·rodnÌch organizacÌ, nap . Amnesty International,sestavil na z·kladÏ informacÌ V boru na obranu nespravedli-vÏ stÌhan˝ch (VONS) p¯ehled vöech Ëesk˝ch politick˝ch vÏz-Ú˘ a jejich obvinÏnÌ. Jednotliv· prohl·öenÌ VONSu rozesÌlalprost¯ednictvÌm agentury Palach Press velkÈmu poËtu Ëes-k˝ch exilov˝ch periodik.

Za svou pr·ci doma i v zahraniËÌ byl Ing. Mach·Ëek velmioceÚov·n v kruzÌch exilovÈho K-231, kter˝ ho v r. 1985 jed-nomyslnÏ p¯ijal za svÈho Ëlena v kanadskÈm Ontariu.

Po emigraci do Brit·nie pom·hal Ing. Mach·Ëek ¯adÏ Ëes-k˝ch uteËenc˘, kte¯Ì mÏli omezenou moûnost dostat sez uprchlickÈho t·bora v rakouskÈm Traiskirchenu. Pom·haltakÈ organizovat penÏûnÌ z·silky rodin·m Ëesk˝ch politic-k˝ch vÏzÚ˘.

A leö Mach·Ëek was born in 1946 in Prague. He graduatedfrom the University of Agriculture. In 1970, he cooperatedclosely with illegal opposition groups and provided contactsto the West, in particular with the Solidarity Fund and PalachPress. He took delivery of prohibited books and periodicalsfrom London, primarily Listy and SvÏdectvÌ, which he thendistributed. This distribution network was one of the largestof its kind.

In January 1977, he was arrested and sentenced to servethree and a half years in prison. After serving the full sentence,he was persecuted and prevented from finding employment.He again began distributing book deliveries smuggled infrom London. Mr. Mach·Ëek was forced to emigrate in May1985.

In London, Aleö Mach·Ëek became involved in the workof the Palach Press agency. He was responsible for duplicat-ing and binding samizdat publications, which he then supp-lied to an extensive network of the most renowned librariesaround the world, to research institutes and institutions, andto the foreign ministries of the United States of America,United Kingdom, Italy, etc. For the purposes of internationalorganizations such as Amnesty International, he compiled,based on information from the Czech Committee for the De-fense of Unjustly Persecuted (VONS), a list of all Czech po-litical prisoners and their respective charges. He distributedindividual statements from VONS through the Palach Pressto a large number of Czech exile periodicals.

Aleö Mach·Ëekís work both in Czechoslovakia and abro-ad meant that he was highly esteemed by the exile K-231club of former political prisoners, which unanimously adopt-ed him as a member in Ontario, Canada in 1985.

After emigrating to Britain, Mach·Ëek helped numerousCzech exiles, whose chances of leaving the refugee camp atTraiskirchen, Austria were limited. He also helped organizedeliveries of financial aid to the families of political priso-ners.


RICHARD MOULINEUX


Narodil se r. 1942. Je zamÏstn·n jako konzultant pro orga-nizace, kterÈ po¯·dajÌ sbÌrky na dobroËinnÈ ˙Ëely.

Vztah k »eskoslovensku se u nÏho datuje od studentsk˝chlet. Jako Ëlen britskÈho Svazu vysokoökolsk˝ch student˘(NUS) p¯ed·val v r. 1968 na velvyslanectvÌ SSSR petici pro-testujÌcÌ proti okupaci »eskoslovenska. V letech 1969-71 bylvedoucÌm zahraniËnÌho odboru NUS a vöemoûnÏ pom·halËesk˝m a slovensk˝m student˘m ve VelkÈ Brit·nii. Byl z·-stupcem NUS v Czechoslovak Students Scholarship Fund,kter˝ se snaûil zÌskat finance a udÏlovat stipendia Ëeskoslo-vensk˝m student˘m v exilu.

Od r. 1970 pat¯il do ˙zkÈ skupiny lidÌ kolem Jana Kavana,kter· zaËala budovat komunikaci mezi opoziËnÌmi skupinamiv »eskoslovensku a Lond˝nem. Po deset let byl jednÌm z hlav-nÌm stratÈg˘ tÈto aktivity, na kterÈ se podÌlel i prakticky.

V r. 1975 navrhl zaloûenÌ agentury Palach Press. Tatoagentura pak 14 let poskytovala z·padnÌm mÈdiÌm informaceo opoziËnÌch aktivit·ch v »eskoslovensku a umoûÚovala di-sident˘m p¯Ìstup do z·padnÌch sdÏlovacÌch prost¯edk˘.

V r. 1985 st·l u zrodu konstruktivnÌ spolupr·ce ËeskÈ, slo-venskÈ, polskÈ, maÔarskÈ a v˝chodonÏmeckÈ opozice, kter·hovo¯ila spoleËn˝m hlasem p¯es Lond˝n. Byl jednÌm z pilÌ¯˘The East European Cultural Foundation, charitativnÌ nadace,kter· tuto aktivitu zprost¯edkov·vala a Ëasto iniciovala. Tatonadace vyd·vala Ëasopis The East European Reporter, kter˝byl po lÈta jednÌm z informaËnÌch zdroj˘ o Ëinnosti a cÌlechopozice ve st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌ EvropÏ.

Richard Molineux was born in 1942. He works as a con-sultant for bodies organizing collections for charitable purpo-ses.

Richard Molineuxís relationship with Czechoslovakia da-tes back to his studies. As a member of the British NationalUnion of Students (NUS), he delivered a petition protestingagainst the occupation of Czechoslovakia to the Soviet em-bassy in 1968. From 1969 to 1971, he headed the NUS fo-reign section and provided every possible assistance to Czechand Slovak students in Great Britain. He represented the NUSin the Czechoslovak Students Scholarship Fund, whichsought to raise funds and grant scholarships to Czechoslovakstudents in exile.

From 1970, Richard Molineux belonged to a small groupof people around Jan Kavan, which began establishing com-munication between opposition groups in Czechoslovakiaand London. For ten years, he was one of the groupís princi-pal strategists, and he also played a practical part in its acti-vities.

In 1975, he proposed the creation of the Palach Press agen-cy. The agency then supplied Western media for 14 years withinformation on opposition activities in Czechoslovakia, andgave Czechoslovak dissidents access to Western media.

In 1985, Richard Molineux was at the birth of constructi-ve cooperation between Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarianand East German opposition, which spoke in one voicethrough London. He was one of the supporting pillars of TheEast European Cultural Foundation, a charity foundationthat mediated and often initiated such activity. The Foundati-on issued The East European Reporter, a magazine that formany years was one of the sources of information regardingthe activities and objectives of the opposition in Central andEastern Europe.




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EWALD OSERS, BA


Narodil se r. 1917 v Praze v nÏmecky mluvÌcÌ rodinÏ. Odr. 1938 ûije v Anglii, kde studoval slovanskÈ jazyky. Jiû p¯edv·lkou p¯ekl·dal Ëeskou poezii do nÏmËiny. Jeho p¯eklady b·s-nÌ J. Hory, F. Halase, V. Nezvala, S. K. Neumanna, a jin˝chumÏlc˘ byly publikov·ny v letech 1937-38 v praûsk˝ch nÏmec-k˝ch novin·ch Prager Presse a ve ËtvrtletnÌku U skupiny Blok.

Za v·lky pracoval pro monitorovacÌ sluûbu BBC. SpoleËnÏs Pavlem Tigridem a Karlem Bruö·kem redigoval a p¯ispÌvaldo anglo-ËeskÈho kulturnÌho sbornÌku Review 41 aû 47.V r. 1945 ve spolupr·ci s anglick˝m kolegou vydal svou prvnÌantologii soudobÈ ËeskÈ poezie, Modern Czech Poetry. V BBCz˘stal zamÏstn·n i po v·lce.

V pov·leËnÈm obdobÌ zaËal intenzivnÏ p¯ekl·dat Ëeskou li-teraturu do angliËtiny. P¯eloûil na 130 knih, z toho tÈmÏ¯ 40sbÌrek poezie. P¯ekl·d· takÈ z nÏmËiny, slovenötiny, ruötiny,bulharötiny a makedonötiny. Podle sdÏlenÌ Komise pro udÏlo-v·nÌ Nobelovy ceny ävÈdskÈ kr·lovskÈ akademie byly Oserso-vy p¯eklady d˘leûit˝m faktorem vedoucÌm k rozhodnutÌ udÏlittuto cenu ËeskÈmu b·snÌkovi J. Seifertovi v r. 1984.

Vöestrann˝ talent E. Oserse a jeho z·sluhy o öÌ¯enÌ znalostÌo literatu¯e evropsk˝ch kultur v anglicky mluvÌcÌch zemÌchocenila ¯ada st·t˘ ñ nap¯Ìklad Bulharsko ÿ·dem Cyrila a Me-todÏje I. t¯Ìdy, NÏmecko ÿ·dem Za z·sluhy I. t¯Ìdy, MakedonieLiter·rnÌ cenou a domovsk· Brit·nie jmenov·nÌm za ËlenaKr·lovskÈ spoleËnosti pro literaturu (stalo se tak r. 1984 a E.Osers byl v˘bec prvnÌm takto ocenÏn˝m p¯ekladatelem).

Univerzita PalackÈho v Olomouci udÏlila E. Osersoviv r. 1990 Ëestn˝ doktor·t a prezident »eskÈ republiky V·clavHavel mu k st·tnÌmu sv·tku 1997 p¯edal Medaili Za z·sluhy II.stupnÏ.

Obec Ëesk˝ch spisovatel˘ ocenila v r. 2001 celoûivotnÌ z·-sluhy E. Oserse udÏlenÌm ceny Premia Bohemica.

Ewald Osers was born in 1917 into a German-speaking fami-ly in Prague. Since 1938, he has lived in England, where he stu-died Slavonic languages. Before World War II, Ewald Oserstranslated Czech poetry into German. His translations of poemsby J. Hora, F. Halas, V. Nezval, S. K. Neumann and other au-thors were published in the years 1937 and 1938 in the Prague-based German-language newspaper Prager Presse and in theU quarterly periodical published by the Blok group.

During the war, he worked for the BBC monitoring service.Together with Pavel Tigrid and Karel Bruö·k he edited andcontributed to the Anglo-Czech cultural anthologies Review 41to 47. In 1945, in cooperation with an English colleague,Ewald Osers published Modern Czech Poetry, his first antho-logy of contemporary Czech poetry. He remained employedwith BBC after the war.

In the post-WWII era, Ewald Osers began intensively trans-lating Czech literature into English. He translated about 130books, of which nearly 40 were poetry anthologies. He has al-so translated from German, Slovak, Russian, Bulgarian andMacedonian. According to an announcement by the Nobel Pri-ze Committee of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences,Ewald Osersí translations were a significant factor underlyingthe Committeeís decision to award the prize to Czech poet Ja-roslav Seifert in 1984.

Osersí versatile talents and his contribution to the dissemi-nation of information about the literature of European culturesin English-speaking countries have been appreciated by nume-rous countries ñ for example, Bulgaria has decorated EwaldOsers with the Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st Class, Ger-many with the Order for Merit, 1st Class, Macedonia with theLiterary Award, and the United Kingdom by appointing EwaldOsers a member of the Royal Society of Literature (the ap-pointment took place in 1984, and Osers was the first transla-tor so honored).

Palack˝ University in Olomouc awarded Osers an honorarydoctorís degree in 1990, and the President of the Czech Re-public, V·clav Havel, decorated him on the occasion of CzechRepublicís National Day with the Medal of Merit, 2nd Class,in 1997.

In 2001, the Society of Czech Writers recognized the lifeachievements of Ewald Osers by awarding him the Premia Bo-hemica prize.


JAN PIVEČKA

ČRCzech Republic

Narodil se r. 1919 ve SlaviËÌnÏ. VyuËil se obuvnÌkema v r. 1943 zaloûil v otcovÏ podniku po BaùovÏ vzoru uËÚovskouökolu. Po II. svÏtovÈ v·lce byl zvolen p¯edsedou Svazu Ëesko-slovenskÈho obuvnickÈho pr˘myslu. Tom·ö Baùa mu nabÌdl mÌs-to v BaùovÏ organizaci, kterÈ p¯ijal a v r. 1946 odcestoval do In-die. Do vlasti se vr·til aû po 44 letech.

Pracoval v Indii a P·kist·nu, pozdÏji p˘sobil v Africe ñ v Tu-nisu, AlûÌru, Maroku, FrancouzskÈ z·padnÌ Africe, BelgickÈmKongu, JiûnÌ Africe, JiûnÌ Rhodesii a Keni, kde pom·hal organi-zovat v˝robu. Po r. 1980 vedl v NÏmecku tov·rnu na syntetickouobuv. Po jejÌ likvidaci zaËal pracovat jako nez·visl˝ poradce proobuvnick˝ pr˘mysl na r˘zn˝ch projektech obuvnickÈho a koûe-dÏlnÈho sektoru ve svÏtÏ, zejmÈna v rozvojov˝ch zemÌch, mj. ja-ko p¯edstavitel UNIDO a EvropskÈ banky pro obnovu a rozvoj.

Po cel˝ ûivot se hrdÏ hl·sil k ËeöstvÌ. Po r. 1992 se zapojil dopodpory transformace v rodnÈ zemi. Pom·hal p¯edevöÌm mla-d˝m lidem, kte¯Ì se p¯ipravovali na obuvnickÈ povol·nÌ. P¯i kaû-dÈm setk·nÌ s krajany, zejmÈna na mezin·rodnÌch kongresecha konferencÌch, zprost¯edkov·val v˝mÏnu informacÌ a opat¯ovalodbornou literaturu. Na TechnologickÈ fakultÏ ve ZlÌnÏ p¯edn·-öel o zmÏn·ch ve svÏtovÈm obuvnickÈm pr˘myslu. Z vlastnÌchfinanËnÌch prost¯edk˘ podporoval st·ûe, studijnÌ pobyty a ˙Ëas-ti na odborn˝ch akcÌch.

V r. 1992 inicioval na z·kladech b˝valÈ Baùovy ökoly pr·cezaloûenÌ Mezin·rodnÌ ökoly modernÌho obuvnictvÌ ve ZlÌnÏ, kte-r· do dneönÌho dne vychovala vÌce neû 160 student˘ z celÈhosvÏta. Organizoval soutÏûe pro studenty obuvnictvÌ a liter·rnÌsoutÏûe na aktu·lnÌ spoleËensk· tÈmata. Podporoval a nad·lepodporuje ekologickÈ spolky v oblasti BÌl˝ch Karpat.

V r. 1996 zaloûil Nadaci Jana PiveËky, kter· spolupracuje seökolami a motivuje û·ky a studenty k aktivit·m, jeû pom·hajÌ ta-lent˘m k zÌsk·nÌ zkuöenostÌ v zahraniËÌ. V r. 2002 byl projekt tÈ-to nadace, PiveËk˘v lesopark, vybr·n organizacÌ StockholmPartnerships ve ävÈdsku jako jeden z 50 svÏtov˝ch projekt˘udrûitelnosti ûivotnÌho prost¯edÌ.

Jan PiveËka was born in 1919 in SlaviËÌn, Czech Republic. Hecompleted his training and apprenticeship as a shoemaker, andin 1943, inspired by Tom·ö Baùa, founded an apprentice schoolat his fatherís enterprise. After World War II, he was electedchairman of the Federation of the Czechoslovak Shoe Industry.Tom·ö Baùa offered him a position in his Baùa company, whichhe accepted, and in 1946 he was seconded to India. He returnedto his homeland after 44 years.

He worked in India and Pakistan, and later in Africa ñ in Tu-nisia, Algeria, Morocco, French Western Africa, Belgian Congo,South Africa, South Rhodesia, and Kenya, where he helped or-ganize production. After 1980, he managed a factory in Germa-ny manufacturing poromeric synthetic footwear. After its liqui-dation, he began working as an independent adviser in the shoeindustry, and was involved in various projects run by the shoeand leather-processing sectors around the world, in particular indeveloping countries, as a representative of, for example,UNIDO and the European Bank of Reconstruction and Develop-ment.

He proudly proclaimed his Czech origin all his life. After1992, Jan PiveËka became actively involved in supporting thetransformation of his native country. In particular, he helpedyoung people preparing for the shoemaking profession. In everymeeting with compatriots, especially at international congressesand conferences, Jan PiveËka mediated exchange of informationand obtained professional literature. He gave lectures at the Fa-culty of Technology in ZlÌn on changes in the global shoe in-dustry. With the use of his own funds, he supported scholarships,study stays and participation at professional events.

In 1992, Jan PiveËka initiated, on the foundations of the for-mer Baùa School of Work, the establishment of an InternationalSchool of Modern Shoe-Making in ZlÌn, which has so far provid-ed training to more than 160 students from all corners of theglobe. He has organized competitions for students of shoe-ma-king, as well as literary competitions concerning contemporarysocial topics. He has supported and still supports environmentalsocieties in the White Carpathian region.

In 1996, Jan PiveËka created the Jan PiveËka Foundation,which works with schools and motivates pupils and students tocarry out activities helping talents to obtain experience abroad.In 2002, a project of the Foundation, PiveËkaís Forest Park, wasselected by the Stockholm Partnerships in Sweden as one of 50world environmental sustainability projects.




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PROF. DR. KEITHA

SAPSIN-FINEOVÁ

USA

Narodila se r. 1941 v Ogdensbergu ve st·tÏ New York. Odr. 1980 aû do odchodu do d˘chodu pracovala jako profesorkana kated¯e politick˝ch vÏd Univerzity Massachusetts-Boston.Zab˝v· se problÈmy totality a lidsk˝ch pr·v.

PoË·tkem 80. let zaloûila a od tÈ doby ¯ÌdÌ newyorskou ne-vl·dnÌ organizaci East European Cultural Endowment Ltd.(EECE), kter· si stanovila za cÌl napom·hat uskuteËÚov·nÌsoci·lnÌch a politick˝ch zmÏn v regionu st¯ednÌ a v˝chodnÌEvropy. EECE podporuje jednotlivce a organizace, jejichûsnahou je pokojn˝m zp˘sobem vymanit svou zemi z dÏdictvÌtotalitnÌho autorit·¯stvÌ.

Prof. Fineov· u n·s spolupracovala s »esk˝m helsinsk˝mv˝borem, NadacÌ Tolerance, s Evropskou kulturnÌ nadacÌ, seVzdÏl·vacÌm st¯ediskem na podporu demokracie, GenderStudies Centre atd. Spolupracovala takÈ na programech St¯e-doevropskÈ univerzity v Praze a Budapeöti, Masarykovy uni-verzity v BrnÏ a PalackÈho univerzity v Olomouci.

DÌky jejÌ obÏtavÈ pr·ci byla EECE v osmdes·t˝ch letechschopna zajistit spolufinancov·nÌ prestiûnÌho ËtvrtletnÌkuEast European Reporter a jeho dopravu opoziËnÌm skupin·mv tehdejöÌm »eskoslovensku, financov·nÌ p¯eklad˘ vybra-n˝ch knih z historie, politologie a sociologie pro studentya uËitele v ËeskÈ disidentskÈ PatoËkovÏ univerzitÏ a dalöÌchneform·lnÌch opoziËnÌch skupin·ch. Prof. Sapsin-Fineov·rovnÏû zajiöùovala p¯eklady v˝znamnÏjöÌch Ëesk˝ch samiz-datov˝ch rukopis˘ z oblasti lidsk˝ch a obËansk˝ch pr·v i ûi-votnÌho prost¯edÌ a jejich publikov·nÌ v USA. Po listopadu1989 pokraËovala ve svÈ pr·ci pro skupiny prosazujÌcÌ re-spektov·nÌ lidsk˝ch pr·v.

Keitha Sapsin Fine was born in 1941 in Ogdensberg, NewYork. From 1980 until retirement, she worked as professor atthe political science department of the University of Massa-chusetts, Boston. She focused on the issues of totality andhuman rights.

In the early 1980s, Keitha Sapsin Fine founded, and hassince chaired, the New York-based non-governmental orga-nization East European Cultural Endowment Ltd. (EECE),the objective of which is to help implement social and politi-cal changes in the Central and Eastern European region.EECE provides support to individuals and organizationswhose goal it is to extricate their country, in a peaceful man-ner, from the heritage of totalitarian authoritarianism.

Prof. Fine cooperated with the Czech Helsinki Committee,Tolerance Foundation, with the European Cultural Founda-tion, with the Educational Center for Support of Democracy,Gender Studies Centre etc. She also participated in programsof the Central European University in Prague and Budapest,Masaryk University in Brno and Palack˝ University in Olo-mouc.

Thanks to Ms. Fineís selfless work, in the 1980s EECEwas able to obtain co-financing for the prestigious quarterlyEast European Reporter and its shipments to oppositiongroups in the former Czechoslovakia, and also financing forthe translation of selected books dealing with history, politi-cal science and sociology for students and teachers of theCzech dissident PatoËka University and other informal oppo-sition groups. Prof. Sapsin Fine has also organized the trans-lation of significant Czech samizdat manuscripts in the fieldof human and civil rights and the environment, and their pub-lication in the United States. After November 1989, she con-tinued her work for groups promoting the observance of hu-man rights.


DR. H. C. PROF. LARISA

PAVLOVNA SOLNCEVOVÁ

RuskoRussia

Narodila se r. 1924. Absolvovala studium teatrologie. Celo-ûivotnÏ se specializuje na dÏjiny ËeskÈho a slovenskÈho di-vadla a v tomto oboru je uzn·vanou autoritou.

Sv˝m profesion·lnÌm i lidsk˝m zaujetÌm pro Ëeskou diva-delnÌ kulturu zjedn·v· respekt tÈto svÈho druhu ÑokrajovÈdisciplÌnÏì ruskÈ teatrologie takÈ mezi divadelnÌmi praktiky:zaslouûila se o uvedenÌ L. Jan·Ëka na ruskou scÈnu, o spolu-pr·ci ruskÈho divadla se scÈnografem Josefem Svobodoua o hostov·nÌ ¯ady Ëesk˝ch divadelnÌch soubor˘ v Rusku. éi-v˝ z·jem vzbuzujÌ jejÌ p¯edn·öky o ËeskÈm divadle pro Spo-leËnost brat¯Ì »apk˘, jejÌmû Ëlenem je od jejÌho zaloûenÌ.

Sv˘j vztah k ËeskÈ kultu¯e, profesionalitu, soudnost a lid-skou d˘stojnost uh·jila dr. L. Solncevov· i po r. 1968. Za ce-nu nÏkolikaletÈho z·kazu n·vötÏv »eskoslovenska odmÌtlap¯istoupit na normalizaËnÌ Ñökrtyì, otev¯enÏ se nad·le hl·silak Ñnepohodln˝mì umÏlc˘m (O. KrejËa, L. Pistorius, J.Kraus, J. Topol aj.) a svÈ odbornÈ znalosti p¯ed·vala vûdyv plnÈm rozsahu a objektivitÏ.

Vysok· ökola m˙zick˝ch umÏnÌ v BratislavÏ ocenilav r. 1999 celoûivotnÌ p¯Ìnos dr. L. SolncevovÈ slovenskÈmudivadlu udÏlenÌm akademickÈho titulu doktor honoris causa.

Larisa Pavlovna Solntseva was born in 1924. She studiedtheatrology. All her life she has specialized in the history ofCzech and Slovak theater, and is a respected authority in thisfield.

Through her professional and human dedication to Czechdramatic culture, she has won respect for this ìmarginal dis-ciplineî of Russian theatrology among dramatic practicians:she was instrumental in introducing L. Jan·Ëek to the Russi-an stage, and in the cooperation of the Russian theater withset designer Josef Svoboda and visits by many Czech drama-tic ensembles to Russia. Her lectures on Czech theater for the»apek Brothers Society, a member of which she has been sin-ce its foundation, have always aroused vivid interest amongthe audience.

Solntseva successfully defended her relationship withCzech culture, her professionalism, sound judgment and hu-man dignity even after 1968. At the cost of being bannedfrom visiting Czechoslovakia for many years, she refused toaccept the normalization ìcrossing-outî of writers from theofficial lists, she continued to advocate openly ìinconveni-entî authors (O. KrejËa, L. Pistorius, J. Kraus, J. Topol, etc.),and has always conveyed her professional knowledge and ex-perience to the fullest extent and objectivity.

In 1999, the Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in Bra-tislava acknowledged Solntsevaís life-long contribution toSlovak theatre with the academic degree of doctor honoriscausa.




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NATHAN KAROL

STEINER

IzraelIsrael

Narodil se r. 1933 v BratislavÏ. V roce 1949 se vystÏhoval doIzraele.

V r. 1983 vstoupil do SdruûenÌ p¯istÏhovalc˘ z »eskoslo-venska ñ Hitachdut Jocei Czechoslovakia. V letech 1985-95byl gener·lnÌm tajemnÌkem tohoto sdruûenÌ a od r. 1995 dosouËasnosti jeho p¯edsedou. AË s·m ze Slovenska, udrûel tutoinstituci vûdy feder·lnÌ, tj. s pln˝m d˘razem na Ëesk˝ i slo-vensk˝ prvek.

M· osobnÌ z·sluhy na rozvoji vztah˘ mezi »eskou republi-kou a Izraelem a mezi ûidovskou komunitou na obou stran·ch.AktivnÏ se podÌlel na p¯Ìprav·ch ofici·lnÌch n·vötÏv p¯edstavi-tel˘ »SFR, »R a SR v Izraeli a izraelsk˝ch p¯edstavitel˘ u n·s.

Z·sluhou jeho iniciativy byl rekonstruov·n pam·tnÌk SNP ñhromadn˝ hrob v KremniËce a pam·tnÌk holocaustu v Brati-slavÏ. KaûdoroËnÏ organizuje v Izraeli vzpomÌnku na 180 tisÌcûidovsk˝ch obËan˘ z »eskoslovenska, kte¯Ì byli zavraûdÏnibÏhem druhÈ svÏtovÈ v·lky.

Je Ëlenem dozorËÌ rady nadace EZRA, jejÌmû cÌlem je soci-·lnÌ odökodnÏnÌ éid˘, kte¯Ì p¯eûili holocaust. »esko-sloven-skou ûidovskou komunitu reprezentuje z·roveÚ v uûöÌm vede-nÌ Jad vaöem (Institut pro dokumentaci a studium holocaustu),spoleËnosti, kter· db· o zachov·nÌ ûidovsk˝ch pam·tn˝ch mÌsta ochranu pam·tek p¯ipomÌnajÌcÌch dÏjiny izraelskÈho n·roda.

Vedle p¯edsednickÈ funkce ve SdruûenÌ p¯istÏhovalc˘ z »es-koslovenska je Steiner takÈ redaktorem krajanskÈho ËasopisuHazman Haze, kter˝ publikuje Ël·nky o Ëesko-slovensko-izra-elsk˝ch vztazÌch a kulturnÌch a spoleËensk˝ch aktivit·ch vel-vyslanectvÌ »R a SR v Tel Avivu. Inicioval vyd·nÌ sbornÌk˘historick˝ch statÌ z obdobÌ holocaustu, organizoval r˘znÈ do-kumentaËnÌ v˝stavy o Ëesk˝ch a slovensk˝ch éidech, kulturnÌakce, v˝mÏny sportovc˘, rozvoj vz·jemnÈho turismu apod.

Nathan Karol Steiner was born in 1933 in Bratislava, Slova-kia. In 1949, he moved to Israel.

In 1983, Mr. Steiner joined the Association of Immigrantsfrom Czechoslovakia ñ Hitachdut Yotsei Czechoslovakia. From1985 to 1995, he held the post of secretary general of the As-sociation, and from 1995 to the present he has been its chair-man. Although Mr. Steiner himself was a Slovak, he has at alltimes maintained the federative nature of the Association, i.e.with full emphasis on both the Czech and Slovak elements.

Mr. Steiner has personally contributed to the developmentof relations between the Czech Republic and Israel, and bet-ween the Jewish communities on both sides. He has been ac-tively involved in preparations for official visits by represen-tatives of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, and laterthe Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to Israel, and of-ficial visits by Israeli representatives to the Czech Republic.

Thanks to Mr. Steinerís initiative, the Slovak National Up-rising memorial ñ mass grave at KremniËka and the Holocaustmemorial in Bratislava were reconstructed. He annually orga-nizes a commemorative event in Israel to honor the 180,000Jewish citizens of Czechoslovakia who were murdered duringWorld War II.

Mr. Steiner is a member of the Board of Trustees of theEZRA foundation, which pursues the objective of social com-pensation for Jewish survivors of Holocaust. He also repre-sents the Czech-Slovak Jewish community in the top manage-ment of Yad Vashem, a company taking care of the preservati-on of Jewish memorable locations and the protection of cultu-ral heritage reminding us of the history of the people of Israel.

Apart from serving as chairman of the Association of Immi-grants from Czechoslovakia, Mr. Steiner also works as the edi-tor of the compatriot magazine Hazman Haze, which publish-es articles on Czech-Slovak-Israeli relations and cultural andsocial activities of the Embassies of the Czech Republic andthe Slovak Republic in Tel Aviv. He has initiated the publica-tion of anthologies of historic essays from the time of the Ho-locaust, organized various documentary exhibitions on Czechand Slovak Jews, cultural events, exchanges of sportsmen, thedevelopment of mutual tourism, etc.


PROF. VIKTORIE ŠVIHLÍKOVÁ

RakouskoAustria

Narodila se r. 1915 v Umanu na UkrajinÏ. V r. 1930 se jejÌ ro-dina p¯estÏhovala do Prahy. Jiû v ml·dÌ projevovala velkÈ hu-debnÌ nad·nÌ. Byla zn·mou a vysoce cenÏnou pianistkou a cem-balistkou. Studovala klavÌr v Praze, Pa¯Ìûi a BerlÌnÏ. Na poË·t-ku pades·t˝ch let zaloûila spoleËnÏ s Milanem MunclingeremsvÏtozn·m˝ komornÌ soubor Ars rediviva, s nÌmû spolupracova-la aû do svÈho odchodu do zahraniËÌ v sedmdes·t˝ch letech.

S pozoruhodn˝m mezin·rodnÌm ˙spÏchem vyuËovalahudbu ve ävÈdsku. Osmn·ct let byla profesorkou na vysokÈhudebnÌ ökole v Malmˆ, potÈ se odstÏhovala do VÌdnÏ. TakÈsem ji prov·zela povÏst v˝jimeËnÈho pedagoga.

Vûdy zd˘razÚovala svoje ËeöstvÌ. Po listopadu 1989 na-bÌdla nabytÈ zkuöenosti mezin·rodnÏ ˙spÏönÈho pedagogahudebnÌmu ökolstvÌ svÈ mate¯skÈ zemÏ ñ bez jakÈhokoliv n·-roku na odmÏnu. Po ¯adÏ semin·¯˘ v Bechyni, v BrnÏ a »es-k˝ch BudÏjovicÌch byla v letech 1992 a 1993 pozv·na doPrahy, aby tu v Pal·ci kultury vedla celorepublikovÈ semin·-¯e pro klavÌrnÌ pedagogy z naöich z·kladnÌch umÏleck˝chökol na tÈma interpretace Bachov˝ch a Scarlattiho dÏl. Semi-n·¯e mÏly velk˝ ohlas a jmÈno Viktorie ävihlÌkovÈ se stalopro stovky mlad˝ch uËitel˘ znovu pojmem, o nÏmû se mluvÌs ˙ctou a obdivem.

V. ävihlÌkov· zased· v porot·ch soutÏûe pro dÏti a ml·deûPrague Junior Note, kterou spoluzaloûila v r. 1991, a podÌlÌse tak v˝raznÏ na v˝chovÏ nejmladöÌ generace naöich pianis-t˘. P¯eloûila do Ëeötiny nejd˘leûitÏjöÌ novÈ knihy o interpre-taci J. S. Bacha. P¯eklady byly rozmnoûeny a d·ny bezplatnÏk dispozici ökol·m.

Viktorie ävihlÌkov· was born in 1915 in the city of Uman,in the Ukraine. In 1930, her family moved to Prague. Even inher youth, she demonstrated an extraordinary musical talent.She became a well-known and highly appreciated piano andcembalo player. She studied the piano in Prague, Paris andBerlin. In the early 1950s she founded, together with MilanMunclinger, a world-famous chamber music body called Arsrediviva, with which she worked until her exile in the 1970s.

She taught music in Sweden with remarkable internationalsuccess. For eighteen years she was a professor at the MalmˆMusic Academy, and then she moved to Vienna, where shealso confirmed her reputation as an exceptional teacher.

She has always emphasized her Czech origin. After No-vember 1989, she offered her experience as an international-ly successful teacher to the musical education establishmentsin her homeland ñ without charging a fee. After a series of se-minars in BechynÏ, Brno and »eskÈ BudÏjovice she was in-vited to Prague in 1992 and 1993 to conduct in the local Pa-lace of Culture nationwide seminars for piano teachers ofCzech elementary music schools, with work by Bach andScarlatti the topics of performance. The seminars were a gre-at success, and Viktorie ävihlÌkov·ís name once again beca-me an object of respect and admiration for hundreds of youngCzech teachers.

ävihlÌkov· is a judge in the Prague Junior Note contest forchildren and young people, which she co-founded in 1991,and therefore makes a significant contribution to raising theyoungest generation of Czech pianists. She has translated themost significant new books on interpreting and performing J.S. Bach into Czech. The translations have been copied anddistributed free of charge to schools.




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ASOCIACE OLGY HAVLOVÉ

ASSOCIATION OF OLGA HAVLOVÁ

FrancieFrance

Asociace byla zaloûena r. 1993 s p¯iznan˝m statutem organiza-ce ve¯ejnÈho z·jmu a dobroËinnosti. Z v˝tÏûk˘ kulturnÌch akcÌ,kterÈ po¯·dala v Pa¯Ìûi, financovala humanit·rnÌ projekty zamÏ¯e-nÈ na zasÌl·nÌ lÈk˘ a materi·lnÌho vybavenÌ Ëesk˝m nemocnicÌm,pomoc postiûen˝m a opuötÏn˝m dÏtem a poskytov·nÌ finanËnÌchdar˘ Ëesk˝m ˙stav˘m a institucÌm, kterÈ o tyto dÏti peËujÌ.

»lenovÈ Asociace uspo¯·dali ¯adu koncert˘, p¯edstavenÌa p¯edn·öek Ëesk˝ch umÏlc˘ a soubor˘ v Pa¯Ìûi. V tÏûky tÏchtoakcÌ byly urËeny nap . pro Domov Sv. rodiny v Praze 6 na pro-voz chr·nÏn˝ch dÌlen pro lidi ment·lnÏ postiûenÈ, na chr·nÏnÈbydlenÌ ment·lnÏ postiûen˝ch ve StochovÏ, ve prospÏch projek-tu SdruûenÌ pro pomoc ment·lnÏ postiûen˝m ñ Domova dobrÈv˘le v KladnÏ-NouzovÏ pro obËany s kombinovan˝mi vadamibez vlastnÌho rodinnÈho z·zemÌ, pro DÏtsk˝ domov v MezirolÌa Korkyni, pro spolek vozÌËk·¯˘ Trend v Olomouci aj. P¯i jinÈp¯Ìleûitosti byli obdarov·ni chovanci ⁄stavu soci·lnÌ pÈËe veSvatÈm Janu u SedlËan. Pomoc byla poskytnuta nap . rodinÏ sedvÏma postiûen˝mi syny, Ëi dÌvce, kter· se stala invalidnÌ po do-pravnÌ nehodÏ.

Asociace mj. p¯evzala trval˝ patron·t nad chr·nÏn˝m bytempro Ëty¯i tÏlesnÏ postiûenÈ obËany. Pod jejÌ z·ötitou se konal be-nefiËnÌ koncert v N·rodnÌm domÏ na SmÌchovÏ, jehoû v˝tÏûeköel na dostavbu Domova dobrÈ v˘le pro tÏûce postiûenÈ v Un-hoöti-NouzovÏ. Podobn˝ ˙Ëel mÏla aukce dÏtsk˝ch obr·zk˘a v˝tvarn˝ch pracÌ konan· v prosinci 2000 v Praze.

Ve spolupr·ci s VelvyslanectvÌm FrancouzskÈ republiky v Prazeorganizovala dvoumÏsÌËnÌ pracovnÌ pobyty Ëesk˝ch lÈka¯˘ v ne-mocnicÌch v Pa¯Ìûi (celkem jiû 50 lÈka¯˘), st·ûe pro vychovatelea studenty speci·lnÌ pedagogiky a pro posluchaËe psychologie.

Chod Asociace a realizaci vöech aktivit zajiöùovala jejÌ p¯ed-sedkynÏ K a m i l a L e c l e r c, kter· dok·zala zmobilizovatvelk˝ okruh p¯·tel a p¯Ìznivc˘ nejen z ¯ad »ech˘ ûijÌcÌch veFrancii, ale i Francouz˘.

Asociace ukonËila Ëinnost v prosinci 2002.

The Association of Olga Havlov· was established in 1993, withthe acknowledged status of a public interest and charitable or-ganization. It used the proceeds from cultural events it organi-zed in Paris to finance humanitarian projects involving the dis-tribution of pharmaceuticals and material to Czech hospitals,aid to handicapped and abandoned children, and financial dona-tions to Czech institutes and institutions taking care of suchchildren.

Members of the Association organized a number of concerts,performances and lectures given by Czech artists and ensemblesin Paris. The proceeds of those events were designated, forexample, for the Domov sv. Rodiny (The Holy Family Home) inPrague 6, for sheltered workshops for mentally handicappedpeople, for sheltered housing for mentally handicapped peopleat Stochov, for the project Association for Assistance to the men-tally handicapped ñ The Good Will Home at Kladno-Nouzov forpersons with combined handicaps and no family background,for the Childrenís Home at MezirolÌ and KorkynÏ, for the Trendassociation of wheelchair users in Olomouc etc. On anotheroccasion, a donation was made to clients of the Social Care In-stitution at Svat˝ Jan near SedlËany. Assistance was also provi-ded to a family with two handicapped sons, and to a girl that be-came disabled after a traffic accident.

Among its other activities, the Association accepted perma-nent sponsorship of a sheltered flat for four persons with physi-cal handicaps. A benefit concert took place under its auspices atthe N·rodnÌ d˘m at SmÌchov, the proceeds of which were allo-cated to the completion of a Good Will Home for the severelyhandicapped at Unhoöù-Nouzov. An auction of childrenís pictu-res and other works of art, organized in Prague in 2000, was heldfor a similar purpose.

In cooperation with the Embassy of the French Republic inPrague, the Association organized two-month stays for Czechdoctors in hospitals in Paris (50 doctors have been on place-ments to date), scholarships for educators and students of speci-al pedagogy, and for students of psychology.

The work of the Association and implementation of all its ac-tivities were organized by its president, Kamila Leclerc, whowas able to mobilize a large circle of its friends and patrons notonly among Czechs living in France, but also among the Frenchthemselves.

The Association ended its operations in December 2002.


SPOLEK NA PODPORU

ČESKÉ VESNICE V BERLÍNĚ-NEUKÖLLNU, SRN

FÖRDERKREIS BÖHMISCHES

DORF IN BERLIN-NEUKÖLLN

E. V.

Spolek byl zaloûen v r. 1984 v tzv. »eskÈ vesnici, vybudo-vanÈ r. 1737 Ëesk˝mi emigranty v BerlÌnÏ. Zastupuje z·jmyt¯Ì evangelick˝ch sbor˘ ñ Jednoty bratrskÈ, »eskÈho luter·n-skÈho betlÈmskÈho sboru a EvangelickÈho reformovanÈhobetlÈmskÈho sboru. Napom·h· k udrûov·nÌ Ëesk˝ch historic-k˝ch a kulturnÌch tradic v dnes jiû ËistÏ nÏmeckÈm lok·lnÌmkontextu. Z·sluhou Spolku je, ûe »esk· vesnice v BerlÌnÏ z˘-stala do znaËnÈ mÌry zachov·na ve svÈ stavebnÌ substancia dostala se do pam·tkovÈ ochrany.

P¯ÌspÏvek »ech˘ a jejich potomk˘ k rozvoji mÏsta BerlÌnap¯ipomÌn· Spolek ve spolupr·ci s vÏdeck˝mi a politick˝mi in-stitucemi po¯·d·nÌm v˝stav a vyd·v·nÌm publikacÌ. Vedle vÏ-deck˝ch a popul·rnÏ vÏdeck˝ch p¯edn·öek z historie za¯azujedo sv˝ch program˘ i Ëeskou hudbu a umÏnÌ a propaguje Ëes-kou kuchyni. V r. 1987, p¯i p¯Ìleûitosti oslav 250 let trv·nÌ»eskÈ vesnice, byla ve vlastivÏdnÈm muzeu BerlÌn-Neukˆllnuspo¯·d·na v˝stava s n·zvem Z l·sky ke kalichu exulantem.400. v˝roËÌ narozenÌ J. A. KomenskÈho p¯ipomnÏla v˝stavao jeho dÌle, doprov·zen· p¯edn·ökami. Spolek spolupracujes NÏmeckou spoleËnostÌ KomenskÈho, zaloûenou v r. 1992.

Spolek je aktivnÌ i v soci·lnÌ oblasti. Zaslouûil se o zalo-ûenÌ Zahrady KomenskÈho, v nÌû jsou po¯·d·ny nauËnÈ p¯Ì-rodovÏdnÈ a v˝tvarnÈ programy pro dÏti a pro postiûenÈ.

Spolek dal r. 1993 podnÏt k tomu, aby vlak EuroCity natrase BerlÌn ñ Dr·ûÔany ñ Praha nesl jmÈno KomenskÈho ñComenius.

Drobn· pr·ce Spolku je ze strany ofici·lnÌch berlÌnsk˝chmÌst velmi cenÏna a podporov·na. DÌky jeho iniciativÏvzniklo v r. 1987 partnerstvÌ mÏst ⁄stÌ nad OrlicÌ a berlÌnskÈËtvrti Neukˆlln. V r. 1995 bylo uzav¯eno partnerstvÌ mÏstPrahy a BerlÌna.

The Society was founded in 1984 at the Czech Village, builtin 1737 by Czech exiles in Berlin. It represents the interestsof three evangelical churches ñ Unity of the Brethren, CzechLutheran Bethlehem Church and Evangelical ReformedBethlehem Church. It has helped preserve Czech historicaland cultural traditions in the currently purely German localcontext. The Societyís efforts have been instrumental in pre-serving, to a significant extent, the Czech Village in Berlin asfar as its architectural substance is concerned, making it pos-sible for the village to be protected as cultural heritage.

The Society reminds us of the contribution of Czechs andtheir descendants to the development of the city of Berlin byorganizing exhibitions and issuing publications in cooperati-on with scientific and political institutions. Apart from scien-tific and popular-scientific lectures on history, the Society al-so presents Czech music and art and promotes Czech cuisine.In 1987, to mark 250 years of the existence of the Czech Vil-lage, an exhibition was organized at the museum at Berlin-Neukˆlln, called Becoming an exile out of love to the Chali-ce. The 400th anniversary of the birth of J. A. Comenius wascommemorated by an exhibition on his work, accompaniedby lectures. The Society cooperates with the German Come-nius Society, established in 1992.

The Society has also been active in social affairs. It has be-en instrumental in founding the Comenius Garden, in whicheducational programs focused on life sciences and arts areorganized for children and for handicapped persons.

Based on an initiative of the Society launched in 1993,a EuroCity express train on the Berlin - Dresden - Pragueroute bears the name Comenius.

The detailed work of the Society is much appreciated andsupported by official Berlin authorities and institutions.Thanks to the Societyís initiative, a partnership of the Czechcity of ⁄stÌ nad OrlicÌ and the Neukˆlln quarter in Berlin wasestablished in 1987. In 1995, a partnership was establishedbetween Prague and Berlin.


SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPORT

OF THE CZECH VILLAGE

IN BERLIN-NEUKÖLLN, Germany



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PROF. KAREL ČÍŽEK

ŘeckoGreece

Narodil se r. 1922 v italskÈ Brescii Ëesk˝m rodiË˘m.V r. 1929 se rodina p¯estÏhovala do SolunÏ. Na filozofickÈfakultÏ mÌstnÌ univerzity zÌskal diplom z historie, archeologiea z italskÈho jazyka a literatury. VyuËoval ve äkole italskÈhojazyka Danta Alighieriho v ItalskÈm institutu a od r. 1961 dor. 1968 na oddÏlenÌ italskÈho jazyka a literatury soluÚskÈAristotelovy univerzity. V r. 2000 mu byl udÏlen Ëestn˝ titulprofesora. Za svou Ëinnost v humanitnÌ, liter·rnÌ a umÏleckÈoblasti (malov·nÌ, grafika) byl vyznamen·n ¯adou italsk˝chprestiûnÌch ocenÏnÌ.

V znamn· je jeho p¯ekladatelsk· Ëinnost zamÏ¯en· na p¯e-klady dÏl ËeskÈ literatury do ¯eËtiny. P¯eloûil a v ¯eck˝ch li-ter·rnÌch Ëasopisech publikoval vÌce neû 200 b·snÌ z tvorbyJ. Wolkera, J. Hory, J. Seiferta, J. Sk·cela a dalöÌch. D·le p¯e-loûil dÌla I. Olbrachta, poh·dky K. J. Erbena, divadelnÌ hry F.är·mka a bratr˘ »apkov˝ch. KromÏ p¯eklad˘ vytvo¯il i ma-lÈ, leË v˝znamnÈ kritickÈ dÌlo, kterÈ obsahuje esej o J. Wol-kerovi a K. Medkovi.

P¯ekladatelskou tvorbu prof. »Ìûka dovröuje v souËasnÈdobÏ jeho historicky prvnÌ ¯eck˝ p¯eklad b·snÌ Jaroslava Se-iferta, kter˝ p¯ipravuje k vyd·nÌ nakladatelstvÌ Potamos.

Prof. »Ìûek je jednou z m·la uzn·van˝ch osobnostÌ na ¯ec-kÈ kulturnÌ scÈnÏ, kter· se sv˝mi p¯eklady zaslouûila o pr˘-nik ËeskÈ literatury do povÏdomÌ tamnÌ kulturnÌ ve¯ejnosti.

Karel »Ìûek was born in 1922 in Brescia, Italy, to Czechparents. In 1929, the family moved to Thessaloniki, Greece.At the Faculty of Arts of the local university, he received a di-ploma in history, archaeology and Italian language and lite-rature. He taught at the Dante Alighieri Italian LanguageSchool of the Italian Institute, and from 1961 to 1968 at theDepartment of Italian Language and Literature of the Aris-totle University of Thessaloniki. In 2000 he received the ho-norary title of professor. For his activities in the field of thehumanities, literature and arts (painting, graphic art), he re-ceived numerous prestigious Italian awards.

Of particular significance are his endeavors as translator,focused on translating the works of Czech literature intoGreek. He has translated and published in Greek literary ma-gazines more than 200 poems by J. Wolker, J. Hora, J. Sei-fert, J. Sk·cel, and others. He has also translated the work ofI. Olbracht, K. J. Erbenís fairy tales, and plays by F. är·mekand the »apek brothers. Besides translating, he has also pro-duced a small but significant critical work containing an es-say on J. Wolker and K. Medek.

Prof. »Ìûekís translation work is currently culminating inhis first Greek translation of poems by Jaroslav Seifert,which is being prepared for publication by the Potamos pub-lishing house.

Prof. »Ìûek is one of the few respected persons on theGreek cultural stage who has been instrumental, through histranslations, in bringing Czech literature to the attention ofthe local cultural public.


JUDR. MILAN KANTOR

AustrálieAustralia

Narodil se r. 1925 ve VÌdni v rodinÏ dlouholetÈho p¯edsedyökolskÈho spolku Komensk˝. Jako devaten·ctilet˝ se z˙Ëast-nil dom·cÌho odboje. Pro znalost cizÌch jazyk˘ byl za¯azendo ZpravodajskÈ brig·dy, v nÌû p˘sobil od b¯ezna 1944 doosvobozenÌ. V letech 1945-49 studoval pr·va na KarlovÏ uni-verzitÏ v Praze. V z·¯Ì 1949 z politick˝ch d˘vod˘ opustil re-publiku a tÈhoû roku se usadil v Austr·lii. V r. 1957 se oûenils dcerou z rodu angloaustralskÈho medi·lnÌho magn·ta Ru-perta Murdocha.

Od poË·tku svÈho pobytu v Melbourne se dr. Kantor vÏ-nuje ËeskÈ komunitÏ. Pom·hal Ëesk˝m uprchlÌk˘m se zajiö-tov·nÌm novÈ existence a angaûoval se v krajanskÈm hnutÌ.VÌce neû 20 let podporoval celoaustralsk˝ Ëesk˝ Ëtrn·ctide-nÌk Hlas domova. Byl spr·vcem ˙spÏönÈho Fondu pro Ëes-koslovenskÈ uprchlÌky. V r. 1991 byl jmenov·n honor·rnÌmkonzulem »eskoslovenska a pozdÏji honor·rnÌm gener·lnÌmkonzulem »eskÈ republiky.

AktivnÏ se podÌlel rovnÏû na Ëinnosti Sokola MelbourneInc. a N·rodnÌho domu.

V r. 1992 inicioval pr˘zkum pot¯eb staröÌch a postiûen˝chobËan˘ p˘vodem z »eskoslovenska. V sledky pr˘zkumu vedlyk û·dosti o dotaci na postavenÌ vesniËky, ve kterÈ by osamÏlÌ,ale sobÏstaËnÌ krajanÈ mohli ûÌt v samostatn˝ch bytech se spo-leËenskou mÌstnostÌ. Z popudu dr. Kantora byly r. 1999 z¯Ìzenydva dobroËinnÈ fondy. S·m p¯Ìmo dotuje prvnÌ z nich (SokolArts Fund), jenû m· za cÌl podporovat a propagovat Ëeskou kul-turu. Druh˝ fond (Sokol Special Accommodation Fund), urËen˝k v˝stavbÏ bytov˝ch jednotek pro staröÌ a osamÏlÈ obËany Ëes-kÈho p˘vodu, shrom·ûdil do konce r. 2001 dostatek financÌ nazakoupenÌ a ˙pravu objektu v bezprost¯ednÌ blÌzkosti N·rodnÌ-ho domu. VesniËka je plnÏ funkËnÌ od r. 2002.

Milan Kantor was born in 1925 in Vienna, into the familyof the long-standing chairman of the Komensk˝ (Comenius)school association. At the age of nineteen, he participated inthe local resistance movement. Because of his knowledge offoreign languages, he was enlisted in the Intelligence Briga-de, in which he operated from March 1944 until liberation.From 1945 to 1949, Milan Kantor studied law at CharlesUniversity in Prague. In September 1949, he left Czechoslo-vakia for political reasons and settled down in Australia inthe same year. In 1957, he married a daughter of the Anglo-Australian media tycoon Rupert Murdochís family.

Since arriving in Melbourne, Dr. Kantor has worked for theCzech community. He has aided Czech immigrants in prepa-ring for their new existence, and has been involved in thecompatriot activities. For more than 20 years he has support-ed Hlas domova (Voice of the Homeland), a Czech weeklywith nationwide distribution in Australia. He has been thetrustee of the successful Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees.

In 1991, he was appointed the Honorary Consul of Cze-choslovakia, and later Honorary General Consul of theCzech Republic.

Milan Kantor has also actively participated in the work ofSokol Melbourne Inc. and the National House.

In 1992, he initiated a survey of the needs of the elderly andhandicapped persons of Czechoslovak origin. The findings ofthe survey resulted in an application for a subsidy to builda village in which lonely, but self-reliant compatriots could li-ve in separate apartments with a common social room. OnDr. Kantorís initiative, two charitable funds were created in1999. Milan Kantor himself directly sponsors one of the twofunds (Sokol Arts Fund), the aim of which is to support andpromote Czech culture. The other fund (Sokol Special Accom-modation Fund), intended for the construction of housingunits for the elderly and lonely persons of Czech origin, hadaccumulated sufficient funds by the end of 2001 to purchaseand develop a site in the immediate vicinity of the NationalHouse. The village has been fully functional since 2002.




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PROF. FERDINAND KINSKÝ

Francie – ČRFrance – Czech Republic

Narodil se r. 1934 v Praze, jeho rodina se po druhÈ svÏtovÈv·lce vystÏhovala z »eskoslovenska a usadila ve Francii. Vy-studoval sociologii a zÌskal doktor·t na univerzitÏ ve Frankfur-tu. Na univerzitÏ v Nice si doplnil vzdÏl·nÌ v oblasti mezin·-rodnÌch vztah˘.

V 60. letech byl jmenov·n profesorem Goethe Institutu. Mi-moto p˘sobil v EvropskÈm institutu mezin·rodnÌch studiÌ v Nice,dva roky str·vil jako hostujÌcÌ profesor na Indiana Universityv Bloomingtonu, USA. V r. 1976 se stal p¯edsedou evropskÈ po-boËky Mezin·rodnÌho centra evropsk˝ch studiÌ (C.I.F.E.) v Nice.Zde p˘sobil aû do konce r. 2001, kdy odeöel do d˘chodu.

Od r. 1990 se angaûuje na r˘zn˝ch akademick˝ch fÛrech kuprospÏchu integrace »eskÈ republiky do EU a vyuûÌv· svÈhovlivu k öÌ¯enÌ dobrÈho jmÈna svÈ vlasti. Je autorem ¯ady kniha Ël·nk˘ o EvropÏ, federalismu, evropskÈ integraci a EvropskÈunii. Jako ¯editel V boru pro atlantick· studia v 80. letech zor-ganizoval ¯adu sympoziÌ a konferencÌ vÏnovan˝ch situaciv »eskoslovensku a dalöÌch satelitnÌch zemÌch SSSR. Po srpno-vÈ okupaci »eskoslovenska v r. 1968 tato instituce organizova-la ¯adu vÏdeck˝ch konferencÌ upozorÚujÌcÌch na poölap·v·nÌst·tnÌ suverenity »eskoslovenska a pron·sledov·nÌ disident˘.

Po listopadu 1989 se prof. Kinsk˝ intenzivnÏ a neziötnÏ po-dÌlÌ na upevÚov·nÌ demokratick˝ch struktur v naöÌ zemi. T¯i ro-ky p¯edn·öel na St¯edoevropskÈ univerzitÏ v Praze. PoËÌnajer. 1994 po¯·d· kaûdoroËnÏ v HoraûÔovicÌch, kde proûil svÈdÏtstvÌ, LetnÌ ökolu evropsk˝ch studiÌ, kterÈ se z˙ËastÚujÌ lekto-¯i a studenti z mnoha evropsk˝ch zemÌ. Na LetnÌ ökolu se kaû-doroËnÏ v·ûe ¯ada kulturnÌch, spoleËensk˝ch a sportovnÌch ak-cÌ. KulturnÌ a spoleËensk˝ rozvoj HoraûÔovic m· v prof. Kin-skÈm jiû po lÈta v˝znamnou oporu.

Prof. Kinsk˝ rovnÏû ˙zce spolupracuje s DiplomatickouakademiÌ MZV, kde pravidelnÏ p¯edn·öÌ.

Ferdinand Kinsk˝ was born in 1934 in Prague, and his familyleft Czechoslovakia after World War II to settle in France. Hestudied sociology and received his doctorís degree from theUniversity of Frankfurt. At the University of Nice, he complet-ed his education in the field of international relations.In 1960s, he was appointed professor of the Goethe Institut. Healso worked at the European Institute of International Studiesin Nice, and spent two years as visiting professor at the India-na University in Bloomington, U.S.A. In 1976, he becamechairman of the European branch of the International Center ofEuropean Studies (C.I.F.E.) in Nice, where he worked until hisretirement at the end of 2001.

Since 1990, he has been involved in various academic fo-rums for the benefit of the integration of the Czech Republicinto the EU, and has used his influence to promote a favorableimage of his homeland. He is the author of many books and es-says on Europe, federalism, European integration and the Eu-ropean Union. In the 1980s, as director of the Committee on At-lantic Studies, he organized a number of symposiums and con-ferences dedicated to the situation in Czechoslovakia and otherSoviet satellite countries. After the occupation of Czechoslova-kia in August 1968, the Committee organized many academicconferences dealing with the violation of state sovereignty ofCzechoslovakia and the persecution of dissidents.

After November 1989, Prof. Kinsk˝ intensively and self-lessly participated in strengthening the democratic structures inCzechoslovakia. He gave lectures at the Central EuropeanUniversity in Prague for three years. Beginning in 1994, he or-ganized the annual Summer School of European Studies in Ho-raûÔovice, where he had lived in his childhood. The SummerSchool is attended by lecturers and students from many Euro-pean countries, and is accompanied by numerous cultural, so-cial and sport events every year. For many years, Prof. Kinsk˝has been instrumental in the cultural and social development ofHoraûÔovice.

Prof. Kinsk˝ also cooperates closely with the DiplomaticAcademy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he regular-ly gives lectures.


PÁTER VÁCLAV MAŠEK

RumunskoRomania

Narodil se r. 1941 v krajanskÈ vesnici GernÌk v rumunskÈË·sti Ban·tu, kde jeho rodina ûije po ¯adu generacÌ. PotÈ, cobyl v r. 1968 v katolickÈm semin·¯i vysvÏcen na knÏze, mubyla svÏ¯ena farnost nÏkolika zdejöÌch krajansk˝ch vesnic.

BÏhem svÈho duchovnÌho p˘sobenÌ (dnes jako arcidÏkan)vûdy ˙ËinnÏ stmeloval Ëeskou komunitu. Inicioval a organi-zoval ve¯ejnÏ prospÏönÈ pr·ce a z·jezdy krajan˘ do starÈvlasti.

V r. 1990 st·l u zrodu DemokratickÈho svazu Slov·k˘a »ech˘ v Rumunsku se sÌdlem v Nadlaku. Z·roveÚ se stalËlenem Sboru konzultant˘ p¯edsedy »eskoslovenskÈho ˙sta-vu zahraniËnÌho, aby v »eskÈ republice mohl upozorÚovat naproblÈmy rumunsk˝ch »ech˘.

M· nezanedbateln˝ podÌl na tom, ûe si Ëesk· (vyzn·nÌmp¯ev·ûnÏ katolick·) komunita v jiûnÌm Ban·tu udrûela nejensvoji n·boûenskou, ale i n·rodnÌ, kulturnÌ a v neposlednÌ ¯a-dÏ i jazykovou identitu. CÌlevÏdomÏ udrûovanÈ vÏdomÌ tÈtoidentity zajistilo »ech˘m uprost¯ed monohon·rodnostnÌhoprost¯edÌ jiûnÌho Ban·tu prestiû pracovit˝ch a spolehliv˝chlidÌ.

V. Maöek je mezi rumunsk˝mi »echy p¯irozenou autori-tou. Ta pramenÌ i z toho, ûe svÈ povol·nÌ vykon·val vûdyzp˘sobem dalece p¯evyöujÌcÌm povinnosti stanovenÈ jeho˙¯adem. SvÈ autority vyuûÌv· kromÏ past˝¯skÈ sluûby takÈk cÌlevÏdomÈ ochranÏ komunity proti p¯irozen˝m a v nÏkte-r˝ch obdobÌch i cÌlen˝m asimilaËnÌm tlak˘m.

Na svÈ nynÏjöÌ fa¯e v Eibenthale opatruje V. Maöek vz·c-nou kroniku napsanou v r. 1850 prvnÌm far·¯em FrantiökemUnzeitigem. DÌky nÌ lze vystopovat Ëesk˝ p˘vod tÈmÏ¯ vöechban·tsk˝ch krajan˘.

V·clav Maöek was born in 1941 in the Czech village of Ger-nÌk in the Romanian part of Banat, where his family has liv-ed for several generations. After he was ordained as priest inthe Catholic seminar in 1968, he was entrusted with the pa-rish of several local Czech villages.

In the course of his clerical career (at the present time asarchdean), he has always effectively kept the Czech commu-nity together. He has initiated and organized publicly benefi-cial works, and travels of compatriots to the old homeland.

In 1990, Father Maöek stood at the birth of the Democra-tic Union of Slovaks and Czechs in Romania, with headquar-ters in Nadlak. At the same time, he became a member of theBoard of Consultants to the Chairman of the CzechoslovakForeign Institute, in order to be able to voice, in the CzechRepublic, the issues of Czechs living in Romania.

Father Maöek has played a large role in ensuring that theCzech (predominantly Catholic) community in south Banathas preserved not only its religious, but also its national, cul-tural and, not least, linguistic identity. The purposefully fos-tered awareness of this identity has won the Czechs living inthe multi-ethnic environment of south Banat the reputation ofhard-working and reliable people.

Maöek has natural authority among the Romanian Czechs.His authority is also based on the fact that he has always car-ried out his profession in a manner far exceeding the obliga-tions prescribed by his position. In addition to his pastoralservice, he exploits his in fluence for the purposeful protecti-on of the community against natural, and at certain times in-tentional, assimilation pressures.

At his current vicarage in Eibenthala, V·clav Maöek hasbeen keeping custody of a precious chronicle written in 1850by the first priest, Frantiöek Unzeitig. Thanks to the chronic-le, it is possible to trace the Czech origins of almost all com-patriots living in Banat.




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PROF. BOHUMIL MED

BrazílieBrazil

Narodil se r. 1939 v Humpolci. Absolvoval Praûskou kon-zervato¯ a v letech 1965-68 pokraËoval ve studiu na Jan·Ë-kovÏ akademii m˙zick˝ch umÏnÌ v BrnÏ. P˘sobil ve St¯edo-ËeskÈm symfonickÈm orchestru a v GottwaldovskÈ filharmo-nii.

V r. 1968 odeöel do BrazÌlie, kde pÏt let p˘sobil v symfo-nickÈm orchestru a p¯edn·öel na univerzitÏ UNIRIO.V r. 1974 byl jmenov·n profesorem lesnÌho rohu a hudebnÌteorie na St·tnÌ univerzitÏ v hlavnÌm mÏstÏ BrasÌlia, kde p˘-sobÌ dodnes a kde od r. 2002 zast·v· funkci prodÏkana Fa-kulty umÏnÌ.

Hr·l s univerzitnÌm dechov˝m kvintetem na mnoha kon-certech v BrazÌlii a celÈ JiûnÌ Americe, napsal rovnÏû ¯adupedagogick˝ch publikacÌ. Hostuje Ëasto na r˘zn˝ch univerzi-t·ch i na mezin·rodnÌch hudebnÌch kurzech. Jiû 15 let je Ële-nem p¯edsednictva HudebnÌ komory a vÌce neû 10 let pat¯Ìk p¯edsednictvu SpoleËnosti pro soudobou brazilskou hudbu.

VlastnÌ obchod s hudebninami, jenû je nejvÏtöÌ svÈho dru-hu v LatinskÈ Americe.

P¯i vöech sv˝ch aktivit·ch vûdy propagoval Ëeskou hudbua kulturu. Je p¯edsedou kulturnÌ spoleËnosti Brasil ñ Rep˙b-lica Tcheca, jiû s·m zaloûil. »ty¯i roky uv·dÏl v mÌstnÌ roz-hlasovÈ stanici pravideln˝ hodinov˝ t˝denÌk ËeskÈ hudby. Odr. 2002 p¯ipravuje a jednou t˝dnÏ na stejnÈ stanici prezentujeZpr·vy z »eskÈ republiky.

Bohumil Med was born in 1939 in Humpolec, Czech Re-public. He graduated from the Prague Conservatoire and in1965-68 continued his studies at the Jan·Ëek Academy ofMusic and Dramatic Arts in Brno. He was a member of theCentral Bohemian Symphonic Orchestra and of the Gottwal-dov Philharmonic Orchestra.

He emigrated to Brazil in 1968, where he performed ina symphonic orchestra for five years and gave lectures at theUNIRIO university. In 1974, he was appointed professor ofthe French horn and music theory at the State University inthe capital city BrasÌlia, where he still works and where hehas held the post of Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty of Artssince 2002.

He has played with the university brass quintet in manyconcerts in Brazil and the whole of South America, and is al-so the author of a number of teaching publications. He fre-quently visits various universities and international musiccourses as visiting professor. He has been a member of thePresidium of the Music Chamber for 15 years, and for morethan 10 years he has been a member of the Presidium of theSociety for Contemporary Brazilian Music.

He runs a sheet music store, the largest of its kind in LatinAmerica.

His activities have always included the promotion ofCzech music and culture. He is the chairman of the culturalsociety Brasil ñ Rep˙blica Tcheca, which he founded hi-mself. He presented a regular one-hour weekly programmeon Czech music at a local radio station for four years. Since2002, he has prepared and presented News from the CzechRepublic once a week for the same radio station.


ING. VÁCLAV PAVELKA

KanadaCanada

Narodil se r. 1901 v Brand˝se nad Labem. Vystudoval Vy-sokou ökolu obchodnÌ v Praze. Po ˙noru 1948 odeöel s rodi-nou z »eskoslovenska a usadil se v kanadskÈm Montrealu.Aû do odchodu do d˘chodu v r. 1967 pracoval ve velkoob-chodu s d¯evem.

IntenzivnÏ se podÌlel na krajanskÈm ûivotÏ. Byl spoluza-kladatelem a pozdÏji jednatelem jednoty Sokol Montreal.V r. 1950 pod z·ötitou odboËky »eskoslovenskÈho n·rodnÌhosdruûenÌ v Montrealu otev¯el a vedl »eskou sobotnÌ doplÚo-vacÌ ökolu, kter· umoûÚovala dÏtem uprchlÌk˘ zachovat siznalost mate¯skÈ ¯eËi. Vedl rovnÏû montrealsk˝ Klub senio-r˘, kter˝ vytv·¯el spoleËenskÈ z·zemÌ pro skupinu nejstar-öÌch, mnohdy osamÏl˝ch Ëesk˝ch a slovensk˝ch exulant˘.Klub vznikl v r. 1974 a od tÈ doby uspo¯·dal ¯adu kulturnÌcha charitativnÌch akcÌ.

Ing. Pavelka se od p¯Ìchodu do Kanady po vÌce neû pade-s·t let vÏnoval pr·ci ve prospÏch ËeskÈ komunity. »eskou so-botnÌ doplÚovacÌ ökolou v Montrealu proölo nÏkolik stovekdÏtÌ krajan˘, kterÈ se dÌky nÏmu sezn·mily s Ëeötinou, Ëeskouliteraturou, historiÌ, kulturou a hudbou.

Ing. Pavelky si v·ûila cel· Ëesk· krajansk· ve¯ejnost v Ka-nadÏ.

Zem¯el v lednu 2003.

V·clav Pavelka was born in 1901 in Brand˝s nad Labem,Czech Republic. He studied at the University of Commerce inPrague. After February 1948, he and his family left Czecho-slovakia and settled in Montreal, Canada. Until his retirementin 1967, he worked in a timber and wood wholesale store.

He played an intensive role in compatriot life. He wasa co-founder and later the executive of Sokol Montreal. In1950, under the auspices of the branch office of the Czecho-slovak National Association in Montreal, he opened and di-rected the Czech Saturday Complementary School, whichenabled the children of refugees to preserve a knowledge oftheir native language. He also headed the Montreal-based Se-niors Club, which created a social background for the groupof the oldest, often lonely, Czech and Slovak immigrants.The Club was founded in 1974 and since then has organizeda number of cultural and charitable events.

Following his arrival in Canada, Pavelka devoted himselffor more than fifty years to work for the benefit of the Czechcommunity. The Czech Saturday Complementary School inMontreal has raised several hundred children of Czech com-patriots, who have therefore become acquainted with theCzech language, Czech literature, history, culture and music.

Pavelka was respected by the entire Czech compatriotcommunity in Canada.

V·clav Pavelka died in January 2003.




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PROF. ING. ARCH. JAN HIRD POKORNÝ

USA

Narodil se r. 1914 v BrnÏ. V r. 1937 ukonËil studium architek-tury a pozemnÌho stavitelstvÌ na »VUT v Praze. R. 1939 p¯esävÈdsko vycestoval do USA. Zde absolvoval postgradu·lnÌ studi-um architektury na KolumbijskÈ univerzitÏ. »asem si zaloûilv New Yorku vlastnÌ architektonickou kancel· . V r. 1947 navötÌ-vil vlast a po n·vratu do New Yorku napsal z·sadnÌ staù o BaùovÏzlÌnskÈ architektu¯e pro Ëasopis The Architectural Record. V 50.a 60. letech vypracoval ¯adu cenÏn˝ch projekt˘ ve¯ejn˝ch budov,p¯ev·ûnÏ v oblasti New Yorku. V r. 1957 byl jmenov·n profeso-rem KolumbijskÈ univerzity, od r. 1982 je zde emeritnÌm profeso-rem s Ë·steËn˝m p¯edn·ökov˝m ˙vazkem.

V letech 1973-77 byl Ëlenem Komise pro umÏnÌ mÏsta NewYorku. Od r. 1997 je Ëlenem Komise pro ochranu historick˝ch pa-m·tek, p¯idÏlujÌcÌ statut pam·tkovÈ ochrany v˝znamn˝m budo-v·m ve mÏstÏ.

Od r. 1961 je Ëlenem newyorskÈ poboËky SpoleËnosti pro vÏdya umÏnÌ (SVU). V r. 1964 se stal tajemnÌkem a pozdÏji p¯edsedoufondu pro pomoc Ës. uprchlÌk˘m, kter˝ nesl n·zev AmericanFund for Czechoslovak Refugees. Po listopadovÈm p¯evratu byltento fond p¯ejmenov·n na American Fund for Czechoslovak Re-lief a p¯eorientov·n na pomocnÈ akce ve prospÏch obnovy demo-kracie ve starÈ vlasti.

Druhou v˝znamnou organizacÌ, v jejÌmû Ëele prof. Pokorn˝ sto-jÌ, je »esk· dobroËinn· a vzdÏl·vacÌ spoleËnost (BBLA). Ta nakonci r. 2001 p¯edala za symbolick˝ 1 dolar »eskÈ republice »es-kou n·rodnÌ budovu, tradiËnÌ spoleËenskÈ st¯edisko naöich krajan˘v New Yorku. (Po r. 1980 byl prof. Pokorn˝ jednÌm z inici·tor˘rozöÌ¯enÌ BBLA o dalöÌ ËeskÈ spolky, coû zabr·nilo z·niku a pro-deji N·rodnÌ budovy do cizÌch rukou.)

V r. 1997 zaloûil vlastnÌ firmu, kter· se vÏnuje projekt˘m ob-novy historick˝ch budov. Prost¯ednictvÌm The World MonumentFund prosadil ¯adu pam·tkov˝ch projekt˘ v »eskÈ republice, ja-ko je renovace ValtickÈho are·lu a mÏsta TelËe.

Jan Hird Pokorn˝ was born in 1914 in Brno, Czech Republic. In1937, he completed his studies in architecture and civil enginee-ring at the Czech Technical University in Prague. In 1939, he emi-grated to the United States via Sweden. In the U.S.A., he comple-ted a post-graduate course in architecture at Columbia University.Some time later, he opened his own architectural practice in NewYork. In 1947, Jan Hird Pokorn˝ visited his homeland, and afterhis return to New York, he wrote a substantial article on Baùaís ar-chitecture in ZlÌn for The Architectural Record. In the 1950s and1960s, he designed a number of highly esteemed projects for pub-lic buildings, predominantly in New York City. In 1957, he wasappointed a professor at Columbia University, and has been act-ive since 1982 as professor emeritus with a part-time engagementat the university.

From 1973 to 1977, Mr. Pokorn˝ was a member of the ArtCommission of New York City. Since 1997, he has been a memberof the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, de-signating important buildings in New York City as landmarks.

Since 1961, he has been a member of the New York office ofthe Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU). In 1964, hebecame secretary and then chairman of a relief fund for Czecho-slovak refugees, known as the American Fund for CzechoslovakRefugees. After the November 1989 revolution, the fund was re-named American Fund for Czechoslovak Relief and the focus ofits activities has shifted to supporting activities benefitivy the res-toration of democracy in the old homeland.

Another important organization headed by Prof. Pokorn˝ is theBohemian Benevolent and Literary Association (BBLA). The As-sociation transferred the Bohemian National Hall, the traditionalsocial center of Czech compatriots in New York, to the Czech Re-public at the end of 2001, for the symbolic price of 1 US Dollar.(After 1980, Prof. Pokorn˝ was one of the initiators behind theexpansion of BBLA to include more Czech associations, whichprevented its dissolution and the sale of the National Hall toa third party.)

In 1997, Jan Hird Pokorn˝ set up his own firm dealing withprojects for the restoration of historical buildings. Through TheWorld Monument Fund, he has implemented a number of land-mark projects in the Czech Republic, such as the renovation of theValtice site and the town of TelË.


PROF. PHDR. JAN RUBEŠ

BelgieBelgium

Narodil se r. 1946 v Praze. Vystudoval romanistiku na Filo-zofickÈ fakultÏ UK, d·le studoval v Pa¯Ìûi. Do »eskosloven-ska se vr·til r. 1971 a stal se aspirantem v ⁄stavu pro Ëeskoua svÏtovou literaturu »SAV. V tÈ dobÏ dokonËil kandid·tskoupr·ci o surrealismu a zÌskal doktor·t z filozofie.

V r. 1980 emigroval s rodinou do Belgie a zde se d·le vÏ-noval liter·rnÌ historii. Zaloûil archiv exilov˝ch spisovatel˘,vÏnovan˝ ËeskÈmu liter·rnÌmu exilu. V r. 1993 spoluorgani-zoval tematickou v˝stavu k tÈto problematice.

V r. 1982 zaËal vyuËovat na BruselskÈ svobodnÈ univerzi-tÏ, nejprve jako lektor a od r. 1993 jako profesor slovansk˝chliteratur. V souËasnÈ dobÏ je vedoucÌm katedry slavistiky.V r. 1998 zde otev¯el St¯edisko Ëesk˝ch studiÌ, kterÈ orientu-je studenty, belgickou ve¯ejnost i pracovnÌky evropsk˝ch in-stitucÌ na Ëeskou problematiku a napom·h· jim systematic-kou pedagogickou a vÏdeckou ËinnostÌ. St¯edisko poskytujerovnÏû moûnost uplatnÏnÌ Ëesk˝m lektor˘m. PoËet student˘se pohybuje kolem pades·ti aû öedes·ti.

Prof. Rubeö je organiz·torem LetnÌ univerzity ËeskÈho ja-zyka a ËeskÈ civilizace.

Prost¯ednictvÌm St¯ediska Ëesk˝ch studiÌ vydal ¯adu r˘z-n˝ch publikacÌ, napomohl ˙Ëasti Ëesk˝ch hostujÌcÌch profe-sor˘ na p¯edn·ök·ch a pravideln˝ch diskusÌch a organizujesemin·¯e z·padoevropsk˝ch bohemist˘. P¯ipravil takÈ nÏko-lik mezin·rodnÌch kolokviÌ. Jeho öirok· publikaËnÌ a p¯ekla-datelsk· Ëinnost je zamÏ¯ena na pozn·nÌ ËeskÈ literaturya re·liÌ ve frankofonnÌch zemÌch.

Prof. Rubeö je nejv˝znamnÏjöÌ osobnostÌ ËeskÈho liter·r-nÏ-kulturnÌho ûivota v Belgii.

Jan Rubeö was born in 1946 in Prague. He studied Roman-ce languages and history at the Faculty of Arts, Charles Uni-versity, and then studied in Paris. He returned to Czechoslo-vakia in 1971 and became a post-graduate student at the In-stitute of Czech and World Literatures of the CzechoslovakAcademy of Sciences. At that time, he completed his doctoraldissertation on surrealism and was awarded the title of doc-tor of philosophy.

In 1980, Jan Rubeö emigrated with his family to Belgium,where he continued to focus on literary history. He foundedan archive of exile writers dedicated to Czech literary exile.In 1993, he co-organized an exhibition on this topic.

In 1982, Jan Rubeö began teaching at the Free Universityof Brussels, first as a lecturer and then, from 1993, as a pro-fessor of Slavic literatures. At present, Prof. Rubeö is thehead of the Department of Slavic Studies. In 1998, he openedthe Center for Czech Studies here, which is intended to givestudents, the Belgian general public and workers of Euro-pean institutions a knowledge about Czech culture, historyand present problems and assists them by means of systemiceducational and scientific work. The Center also provides op-portunities for Czech lecturers. The number of students ran-ges between fifty and sixty.

Prof. Rubeö organizes the Summer University of CzechLanguage and Czech Civilization.

Through the Center for Czech Studies, Jan Rubeö has issu-ed a number of publications, helped Czech visiting profes-sors to participate in lectures and regular discussions, and or-ganized seminars for Western European Bohemists. He hasalso prepared several international colloquia. His broad pub-lishing and translating activities have been focused on pre-senting Czech literature and life and institutions in Franco-phone countries.

Prof. Rubeö is the most eminent personality of Czech lite-rary and cultural life in Belgium.




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MGR. RADKO TICHAVSKÝ

MexikoMexico

Narodil se r. 1959 v JesenÌku. Studoval skladbu na JAMUv BrnÏ a AMU v Praze. V r. 1984 se oûenil s mexickou obËan-kou a odstÏhoval se do Mexika.

V Mexiku se nejprve vÏnoval pedagogickÈ a publicistickÈËinnosti. P¯edn·öel na N·rodnÌ mexickÈ autonomnÌ univerzitÏ.Po¯·dal mj. cykly p¯edn·öek o Ëesk˝ch hudebnÌch skladatelÌch.Pro nekomerËnÌ rozhlasovÈ stanice p¯ipravil rozhovory o ËeskÈhudbÏ. Koncem 80. let propagoval intenzivnÏ Ëeskou hudbuv kulturnÌch institucÌch v severomexickÈm Monterrey.

R. 1997 byl jmenov·n honor·rnÌm konzulem »R. V tÈto funk-ci mj. zprost¯edkoval partnerstvÌ mezi Monterrey a PlznÌ. Zorga-nizoval ¯adu akcÌ, p¯i nichû byla v Mexiku p¯edstavena naöe hu-debnÌ a divadelnÌ kultura. Propagoval Ëesk˝ p˘vod polky, kter·v 19. stoletÌ zdom·cnÏla na severu Mexika a stala se jednÌm z n·-rodnÌch tanc˘. P¯i tÈto p¯Ìleûitosti zorganizoval Kongres ËeskÈpolky. PodÌlel se rovnÏû na p¯ÌpravÏ a realizaci melodramat Alf-rÈda StrejËka v po¯adu vzd·vajÌcÌm hold J. A. KomenskÈmu a je-ho n·sledovatel˘m T. G. Masarykovi a V. Havlovi. V r. 2001 zor-ganizoval turnÈ jesenickÈho DechovÈho orchestru mlad˝ch, v je-hoû r·mci bylo uskuteËnÏno 14 koncert˘ v öesti st·tech Mexika.

Zprost¯edkoval v˝mÏnu student˘ mezi Technologick˝m insti-tutem v Monterrey a Univerzitou Karlovou. V listopadu 2001uspo¯·dal v Monterrey ve spolupr·ci s Fakultou politick˝ch vÏdAutonomnÌ univerzity ve st·tÏ Nuevo LeÛn semin·¯ Historie Ëes-kÈ diplomacie a jejÌ postavenÌ ve svÏtÏ pro studenty a profesoryoboru mezin·rodnÌch vztah˘.

Do svÈho rodnÈho mÏsta JesenÌku p¯ivezl v˝stavu v˝znamnÈ-ho mexickÈho fotografa Eduarda Gonz·lese pod n·zvem Mexic-k· mozaika. Zorganizoval rovnÏû p¯edn·ökov˝ cyklus o lÈËeb-n˝ch metod·ch zdejöÌch l·znÌ pro mexickÈ lÈka¯e.

Zaslouûil se rovnÏû o to, ûe nov˝ kostel v Monterrey byl za-svÏcen PraûskÈmu Jezul·tku. Do öpanÏlötiny p¯eloûil knihu T.G.Masaryka Ide·ly humanitnÌ. V dubnu 2002 zaloûil sdruûenÌ Ami-gos de la Rep˙blica Checa A. C. ñ SpoleËnost Ëesko-mexickÈhop¯·telstvÌ ve st·tech Nuevo LeÛn a Coahuila.

Radko Tichavsk˝ was born in 1959 in JesenÌk, Czech Republic.He studied composition at the Jan·Ëek Academy of Music andDramatic Arts in Brno and at the Academy of Music Arts in Pra-gue. In 1984, he married a Mexican citizen and moved to Mexico.

In Mexico, Radko Tichavsk˝ initially devoted himself to tea-ching and publicist activities. He gave lectures at the NationalAutonomous University of Mexico. His activities included theorganization of series of courses on Czech music composers. Healso prepared interviews on Czech music for non-commercialradio stations. In the late 1980s, he intensively promoted Czechmusic at cultural institutions in Monterrey in northern Mexico.

In 1997, Radko Tichavsk˝ was appointed the Honorary Con-sul of the Czech Republic. In this capacity, he has mediated part-nership between Monterrey and PlzeÚ. He has organized numer-ous events which have introduced Czech music and dramaticculture to the Mexican public. He promoted the Czech origin ofpolka, a dance which, in the 19th century, became domesticatedin northern parts of Mexico, and became one of the countryís na-tional dance forms. On this occasion, Radko Tichavsk˝ organi-zed a Congress of Czech Polka. He has also participated in pre-parations and performances of AlfrÈd StrejËekís plays with mu-sical accompaniment, paying tribute to J. A. Comenius and hisfollowers, T. G. Masaryk and V. Havel. In 2001, he organizeda tour of the JesenÌk-based Brass Youth Orchestra, which gave14 concerts in six states of Mexico.

Radko Tichavsk˝ mediated an exchange of students betweenthe Monterrey Institute of Technology and Charles University. InNovember 2001, in cooperation with the Faculty of PoliticalScience of the Autonomous University of the State of Nuevo Le-Ûn he organized a seminar on the History of Czech diplomacyand its position in the world in Monterrey for students and tea-chers of international relations.

In his native town of JesenÌk, Radko Tichavsk˝ arranged foran exhibition of the eminent Mexican photographer EduardoGonz·les under the name The Mexican Mosaic. He has also or-ganized a series of lectures on the treatment methods of the lo-cal spa for Mexican doctors.

Radko Tichavsk˝ has also been instrumental in having a newchurch in Monterrey consecrated to the Bambino di Praga. Hehas translated T. G. Masarykís book Ideals of Humanity intoSpanish. In April 2002, he formed the association Amigos de laRep˙blica Checa A. C. ñ The Society of Czech-Mexican Friend-ship in the states of Nuevo LeÛn and Coahuila.


ROBERT VOGEL

SRNGermany

Narodil se r. 1919 v Hamburku. Po v·lce byl aû do r. 1949v sovÏtskÈm zajetÌ. Po n·vratu se vÏnoval povol·nÌ realitnÌhomaklÈ¯e. V osmdes·t˝ch a devades·t˝ch letech byl politicky Ëin-n˝ jako Ëlen mÏstskÈ rady a p¯edseda hamburskÈ zemskÈ orga-nizace FDP.

V r. 1992 byl jmenov·n Ëeskoslovensk˝m (potÈ Ëesk˝m) ho-nor·rnÌm gener·lnÌm konzulem s p˘sobnostÌ pro spolkovÈ zemÏHamburk, BrÈmy, älesvicko-Holöt˝nsko a DolnÌ Sasko. V tÈtofunkci aktivnÏ propagoval Ëeskou kulturu. ätÏd¯e sponzorovalr˘zn· vystoupenÌ, pobyty Ëesk˝ch umÏlc˘ v Hamburku a vyd·-v·nÌ Ëesk˝ch knih. Po¯·dal politickÈ diskuse na Ëesko-nÏmeck·tÈmata. Sponzoroval i ËetnÈ v˝mÏnnÈ pobyty student˘ a vÏdc˘.Jeho nejvÏtöÌ z·sluhou v tÈto oblasti je udÏlov·nÌ roËnÌho sti-pendia ke studiu Ëesk˝ch student˘ v Hamburku, kterÈ realizovalna svÈ vlastnÌ n·klady od roku 1997 prost¯ednictvÌm nadace Sti-pendium Roberta Vogela.

V n·vaznosti na p¯ehlÌdku ËeskÈ kultury u p¯Ìleûitosti oslav10. v˝roËÌ partnerstvÌ Hamburku a Prahy prost¯ednictvÌm ham-burskÈ kulturnÌ iniciativy Ahoj Prag! financoval v˝stavu »eskÈkniûnÌ umÏnÌ devades·t˝ch let. Byl rovnÏû jednÌm z hlavnÌchsponzor˘ Hambursk˝ch kulturnÌch dn˘ v Praze v roce 1993.

R. Vogel vystupoval jako prost¯ednÌk mezi poz˘stal˝mi a Do-kumentaËnÌm centrem nez·vislÈ ËeskoslovenskÈ literatury VilÈ-ma PreËana v Scheinfeldu a pozdÏji v Dob¯ichovicÌch. Zajistilp¯ed·nÌ archivu a postaral se o finanËnÌ vyrovn·nÌ s dÏdici.

⁄Ëastnil se pr·ce spolku p¯·tel a p¯Ìznivc˘ TerezÌnskÈ inicia-tivy Hanse Kr·sy. FinanËnÏ podpo¯il po¯·d·nÌ koncertu Benne-witzova kvarteta v Hamburku a vyd·nÌ jejich nahr·vky dÏl skla-datele Kr·sy.

Poda¯ilo se mu vytvo¯it spoleËenskou b·zi pro setk·v·nÌ kra-jan˘ ûijÌcÌch v Hamburku a prost¯ednictvÌm honor·rnÌho konzu-l·tu pÏstovat jejich vz·jemnÈ kontakty.

Pro pokroËil˝ vÏk ukonËil v r. 2002 funkci honor·rnÌho ge-ner·lnÌho konzula.

Robert Vogel was born in 1919 in Hamburg, Germany. AfterWorld War II, he remained in a Soviet prison until 1949. Afterhis return, he worked as a real estate agent. In the 1980s and1990s, he was politically active as a member of the city counciland chairman of the Hamburg state organization of FDP.

In 1992, he was appointed Czechoslovak (and then Czech)Honorary General Consul responsible for the federal states ofHamburg, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. Inthis capacity, he has actively promoted Czech culture. He has ge-nerously sponsored various performances, stays of Czech artistsin Hamburg, and the publication of Czech books. He has orga-nized political discussions on Czech-German topics. He has al-so sponsored frequent exchange stays of students and scientists.His most significant achievement in this area has been the gran-ting of a one-year scholarship for the studies of Czech studentsin Hamburg, which Mr. Vogel has been self-financing since1997 through the Robert Vogel Scholarship foundation.

In connection with the festival of Czech culture to mark the10th anniversary of the partnership between Hamburg and Pra-gue, Robert Vogel financed, through the Hamburg-based cultu-ral initiative Ahoj Prag!, the exhibition Czech Book Art of the1990s. He also was one of the principal sponsors of the Ham-burg Days of Culture in Prague in 1993.

Vogel has acted as intermediary in settling down the legalmatters of the Documentation Center of Independent Czechoslo-vak Literature of VilÈm PreËan in Scheinfeld, and later in Dob-¯ichovice. He arranged for the transfer of the archive and provi-ded for financial compensation of the heirs.

Robert Vogel participated in the work of the association offriends and supporters of the TerezÌn Initiative of Hans Kr·sa.He financially supported the organization of a concert by theBennewitz Quartet in Hamburg and a release of their recordingof work composed by Kr·sa.

Robert Vogel has succeeded in creating a social basis formeetings of Czech compatriots living in Hamburg, and in deve-loping their mutual contacts through the office of the HonoraryConsulate.

Due to his advanced age, Robert Vogel resigned as HonoraryGeneral Consul in 2002.




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CAROLINUM, SPOLEK ABSOLVENTŮA PŘÁTEL UNIVERZITY KARLOVYV PRAZE, ČR

CAROLINUM, ASSOCIATIONOF GRADUATES AND FRIENDSOF CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE, Czech Republic

SpoleËenstvÌ Carolinum, kterÈ je p¯ev·ûnÏ akademickÈhocharakteru, bylo zaloûeno v r. 1996. Zformovalo se z b˝va-l˝ch absolvent˘ Univerzity Karlovy, kte¯Ì ûili v exilu por. 1948 na mnoha mÌstech ve svÏtÏ.

Vznik Carolina byl umoûnÏn vz·jemn˝m setk·nÌm absol-vent˘ UK po obnovenÌ demokratickÈho »eskoslovenskav r. 1990. Carolinum brzy nav·zalo styky s dalöÌmi b˝val˝mistudenty UK a s podobn˝mi organizacemi jin˝ch vysok˝chökol v anglosask˝ch zemÌch, ve Francii a dalöÌch evropsk˝chst·tech.

Carolinum m· nynÌ doma a v cizinÏ vÌce neû 4000 Ëlen˘.⁄zce spolupracuje se svou mate¯skou univerzitou, jednouz nejstaröÌch v EvropÏ. Setk·nÌ, na nichû Carolinum podpo-ruje öÌ¯enÌ znalostÌ a p¯ÌznivÈho hodnocenÌ »eskÈ republiky,se ˙ËastnÌ mnohÈ v˝znamnÈ osobnosti z akademick˝ch kru-h˘ v EvropÏ a Americe.

The Carolinum association, predominantly of an academicnature, was founded in 1996. It was formed by former gra-duates of Charles University who lived in exile after 1948 inmany locations around the world.

The creation of Carolinum was made possible by a mee-ting of graduates of Charles University after the restorationof democratic Czechoslovakia in 1990. Carolinum soon es-tablished contacts with other former students of Charles Uni-versity and with similar organizations of other universities inAnglo-Saxon countries, in France and other European count-ries.

Carolinum currently has more than 4,000 members both inthe Czech Republic and abroad. It cooperates closely with itsalma mater, one of the oldest in Europe. Meetings, at whichCarolinum promotes the dissemination of knowledge anda positive image of the Czech Republic, are attended by ma-ny eminent figures from academic circles in Europe andAmerica.


Česk˝ spolek na Slovensku je nejvÏtöÌ Ëesk· krajansk· or-ganizace na Slovensku s 10 region·lnÌmi poboËkami. Regio-n·lnÌ organizace (RO »SnS) s p˘sobnostÌ pro Koöick˝ a Pre-öovsk˝ kraj byla zaloûena r. 1993 a sdruûuje 550 Ëlen˘.

V r. 2001 RO »SnS dokonËila pÏtilet˝ projekt obnovy pa-m·tnÌk˘ ËeskoslovenskÈho vojska a legion·¯˘ z boj˘ za˙zemnÌ celistvost »SR v r. 1919. Ve Ëty¯ech lokalit·ch v oko-lÌ Koöic byly zrekonstruov·ny dva pam·tnÌky, z nichû jedenp¯edstavuje pomÏrnÏ velk˝ are·l na h¯bitovÏ v MedzevÏa druh˝ menöÌ na h¯bitovÏ v obci Kysak. DalöÌ dva pam·tnÌ-ky, odstranÏnÈ po okupaci horthyovsk˝m MaÔarskem (TurÚanad Bodvou), resp. v dobÏ socialismu (éelezn˝ vrch u obceKoöick· Bel·), byly vybudov·ny znovu. RO »SnS z·roveÚp¯edstavila ve¯ejnosti publikaci s n·zvem Po stop·ch boj˘ËeskoslovenskÈho vojska a legion·¯˘ v okolÌ Koöic v roce1919 a z¯Ìdila stejnojmennou nauËnou stezku.

RO »SnS podporuje i umÏleckÈ aktivity. P˘sobÌ zde ûen-sk˝ pÏveck˝ sbor a jeho trio. Od svÈho vzniku RO »SnS kaû-doroËnÏ koöickÈ ve¯ejnosti p¯edstavuje ËeskÈ divadelnÌ, hu-debnÌ nebo folklornÌ soubory, p¯edevöÌm v r·mci »esk˝ch dnÌpo¯·dan˝ch Gener·lnÌm konzul·tem »R.

RO »SnS pracuje systematicky s dÏtmi a ml·deûÌ v r·mcidÏtsk˝ch klub˘ a dramatickÈ skupiny. V lÈtÏ po¯·d· pro dÏticelospolkov˝ vzdÏl·vacÌ t·bor. RO »SnS m· i velmi aktivnÌmÌstnÌ klub v HumennÈm, zn·m˝ zejmÈna vybudov·nÌmävejkovy sochy u mÏstskÈho n·draûÌ.

The Czech Association in Slovakia is the largest Czech com-patriot organization in Slovakia, with 10 regional offices. Theregional organization (RO »SnS) covering the Koöice andPreöov regions was established in 1993 and draws together550 members.

In 2001, RO »SnS completed its five-year project of reno-vating Czechoslovak army and legionariesí memorials infour locations in Eastern Slovakia recalling the fight for theterritorial integrity of Czechoslovakia in 1919. Two memori-als were restored in four locations near Koöice, of which oneis a relatively large site at Medzevo cemetery, and another isa smaller one at Kysak cemetery. Two other memorials, dis-mantled after the occupation by Horthyist Hungary (TurÚanad Bodvou), and in the era of socialism, respectively (ée-lezn˝ vrch near Koöick· Bel·), were rebuilt. RO »SnS alsopublished a work entitled Tracing the Struggle of the Cze-choslovak Army and Legionaries in the Vicinity of Koöice in1919, and founded an informative trail of the same name.

RO »SnS also supports artistic activities. It has a wo-menís choir and a trio. Since its foundation, RO »SnS haspresented the Koöice public every year with Czech drama,music or folklore ensembles, in particular as part of theCzech Days organized by the General Consulate of the CzechRepublic.

RO »SnS has worked systematically with children andyouth in childrenís clubs and a drama group. In summer, itorganizes an educational camp for children. RO »SnS alsohas a very active local club in HumennÈ, known especiallyfor erecting a statue of the Good Soldier ävejk near the localrailway station.

REGIONÁLNÍ ORGANIZACE ČESKÉHO SPOLKU NA SLOVENSKUKOŠICE (RO ČSNS), Slovensko

REGIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE CZECH ASSOCIATIONIN SLOVAKIA AT KOŠICE (RO ČSNS), Slovakia




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SVAZ ČECHŮ V CHORVATSKÉ

REPUBLICE, Chorvatsko

UNION OF CZECHS IN THE

REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, Croatia

Svaz je n·stupnickou organizacÌ »eskoslovenskÈho svazuv kr·lovstvÌ SHS (Srbsko, Chorvatsko, Slovinsko), kter˝ zaloûi-li ËeötÌ a slovenötÌ krajanÈ v r. 1921. (V r. 1991 bylo v Chorvat-sku 13 tisÌc osob hl·sÌcÌch se k ËeskÈmu p˘vodu). Svaz zast¯e-öuje Ëinnost vöech krajansk˝ch subjekt˘ na ˙zemÌ Chorvatska:Ëesk˝ch besed, Ëesk˝ch ökol, vydavatelstvÌ Jednota, knihovny,folklornÌch a pÏveck˝ch soubor˘, r˘zn˝ch klub˘ aj.

Z·kladnÌmi jednotkami struktury Svazu jsou ËeskÈ besedy, kte-r˝ch dnes aktivnÏ p˘sobÌ 24. Jejich v˝konn˝mi org·ny jsou rady,jichû je v souËasnÈ dobÏ öest: rada pro hudebnÌ a taneËnÌ Ëinnost,divadelnÌ rada, ökolnÌ rada, informaËnÌ rada, vydavatelsk· radaa historick· rada. Vedle besed nebo v jejich r·mci p˘sobÌ Klub kra-jansk˝ch v˝tvarnÌk˘, Radioklub Jan Hus, folklornÌ taneËnÌ a pÏ-veckÈ soubory. Svaz po¯·d· kaûd˝m druh˝m rokem »eskÈ doûÌn-ky. PravidelnÏ jsou organizov·ny p¯ehlÌdky Ëesk˝ch dÏtsk˝ch pÌs-nÌ. AmatÈrsk˝m divadlem se zab˝v· 130 osob. Kaûd· beseda m·svou knihovnu. V Daruvaru kromÏ toho p˘sobÌ ⁄st¯ednÌ knihovnaFranty Buriana. KrajanÈ v Chorvatsku po¯·dajÌ posvÌcenskÈ, mi-kul·öskÈ a silvestrovskÈ z·bavy, po¯·dajÌ liter·rnÌ a hudebnÌ veËe-ry, v˝stavy a p¯edn·öky. V znamn˝ je jarnÌ Slet û·k˘ Naöe jaro a li-stopadov· VoniËka, veËer lidov˝ch pÌsnÌ a tanc˘.

KrajanskÈ vydavatelstvÌ a nakladatelstvÌ Jednota vyd·v· t˝-denÌk Jednota, mÏsÌËnÌk DÏtsk˝ koutek a kaûd˝ rok »esk˝ ka-lend·¯. Vyöla zde ¯ada Ëesk˝ch uËebnic a publikacÌ.

Svaz se podÌlel na vyd·nÌ »esko-chorvatskÈho slovnÌku. Mnoho akcÌ po¯·dajÌ ËeskÈ ökoly, zejmÈna »esk· z·kladnÌ

ökola J. A. KomenskÈho v Daruvaru (na 300 û·k˘), »esk· z·-kladnÌ ökola Josefa R˘ûiËky v KonËenicÌch (240 û·k˘) a »esk·mate¯sk· ökola Ferda Mravenec v Daruvaru (140 dÏtÌ).

Svaz je respektovan˝m subjektem ve spoleËenskÈm ûivotÏChorvatskÈ republiky. P¯ispÌv· nejenom k öÌ¯enÌ dobrÈho jmÈna»R v Chorvatsku, ale takÈ k hled·nÌ dalöÌch cest rozvÌjenÌ Ëes-ko-chorvatsk˝ch vztah˘ a spolupr·ce.

The Union is a successor organization of the Czechoslovak Uni-on in the Kingdom of SHS (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia), foundedby Czech and Slovak compatriots in 1921. (In 1991, 13,000people claiming Czech origin were living in Croatia). The Unionserves as an umbrella for the activities of all compatriot entitiesin Croatia: Czech societies (beseda), Czech schools, the Jednotapublishing house, a library, folklore ensembles and choirs, va-rious clubs, etc.

Czech Besedas are the basic elements of the Unionís structu-re. There are 24 Besedas active in Croatia. Their executive bo-dies are represented by six councils: the music and dance coun-cil, drama council, schools council, information council, publish-ing council, and historic council. In addition to, or within the fra-mework of, the Besedas, the following are also active in Cro-atia: the Club of Compatriot Artists, the John Huss Radio Club,folklore dance ensembles and choirs. The Union organizesCzech harvest festivals on a biannual basis. Festivals of Czechchildrenís songs are organized regularly. Approximately 130people are involved in amateur dramatics. Each beseda has its ownlibrary. In addition, there is the Franta Burian Central Libraryin Daruvar. Compatriots in Croatia organize fairs, St Nicholasand New Yearís Eve celebrations, and also organize literary andmusic evenings, exhibitions and lectures. Other important eventsinclude the spring Pupilsí Rally ìOur Springî and the NovemberVoniËka (Nosegay), an evening of folk songs and dances.

The compatriot publishing house Jednota (Unity) issues theJednota weekly, the DÏtsk˝ koutek (Childrenís Corner) monthly,and a Czech Calendar on an annual basis. The publishing compa-ny has also issued numerous Czech textbooks and publications.

The Union has participated in the publication of a Czech-Cro-atian Dictionary.

Czech schools, too, organize numerous events, in particularthe Czech elementary school of J. A. Comenius in Daruvar(about 300 pupils), the Czech elementary school of Josef R˘ûiË-ka in KonËenice (240 pupils), and the Czech kindergarten FerdaMravenec in Daruvar (140 children).

The Union is a respectable and respected entity of social lifein the Republic of Croatia. It contributes not only to the promo-tion of the favorable image of the Czech Republic in Croatia, butalso to the search for new ways of developing Czech-Croatianrelations and cooperation.


RUTH BONDYOVÁ

IzraelIsrael

Narodila se r. 1923 v Praze. ZaËala studovat obchodnÌ akade-mii, ökolu vöak nesmÏla z rasov˝ch d˘vod˘ po r. 1939 dokon-Ëit. V r. 1942 byla internov·na v terezÌnskÈm ghettu a r. 1943v OsvÏtimi. OsvobozenÌ se doËkala v Bergen-Belsenu. V kvÏt-nu 1945 se vr·tila do Prahy, jejÌ rodiËe zahynuli, sestra p¯eûila.

V letech 1945-48 pracovala jako p¯ekladatelka z angliËtinyv United Press v Praze. Po vyhl·öenÌ st·tu Izrael se p¯ihl·silajako dobrovolnice do ËeskÈ brig·dy, kter· absolvovala vojen-sk˝ v˝cvik v »SR.

Po arm·dnÌ sluûbÏ pracovala jako uËitelka hebrejötiny a po-zdÏji jako novin·¯ka v hebrejskÈm tisku. Stala se prvnÌ ûurna-listkou, kter· obdrûela Sokolovovu cenu (izraelsk· verze Pulit-zerovy ceny). DalöÌ ocenÏnÌ zÌskala za svÈ historickÈ pr·cea p¯eklady z Ëeötiny. Napsala a vydala dvÏ knihy fejeton˘, sbÌr-ku esej˘, Ëty¯i bibliografie a autobiografii. Do hebrejötiny p¯e-loûila DobrÈho voj·ka ävejka, knihy Milana Kundery, Bohu-mila Hrabala, Oty Pavla, Michala Viewegha, eseje V·clavaHavla, Fischlovy Hovory s Janem Masarykem a dalöÌ ËeskÈprÛzy. Za p¯eklady z Ëeötiny jÌ byla r. 1996 udÏlena Cena mi-nistra kultury.

VÏnuje se takÈ historii terezÌnskÈho ghetta: pat¯Ì mezi zakla-datele Bejt Terezin, pam·tnÌku éid˘ z Ëesk˝ch zemÌ v izrael-skÈm Givat Chaim Ichud, kter˝ je st¯ediskem v˝uky a v˝zku-mu historie ghetta TerezÌn. Od r. 1994 kaûdoroËnÏ p¯ispÌv· dosbornÌku TerezÌnskÈ studie a dokumenty, kter˝ vych·zÌ Ëeskya nÏmecky v Praze. P¯ipravila hebrejskÈ vyd·nÌ TerezÌnskÈhodenÌku Egona Redlicha (vedoucÌho oddÏlenÌ pro pÈËi o ml·deûv ghettu), p¯eloûila hebrejskÈ vyd·nÌ dÏtsk˝ch novin Kamar·d,psan˝ch v TerezÌnÏ. JejÌm nejv˝znamnÏjöÌm dÌlem na terezÌn-skÈ tÈma je biografie Jakoba Edelsteina.

PodÌlÌ se na kulturnÌch akcÌch VelvyslanectvÌ »R v Tel Avi-vu i na izraelsko-Ëesk˝ch aktivit·ch.

Ruth Bondy was born in 1923 in Prague. She began studyingat an academy of commerce, but was not permitted to comple-te her studies on racial grounds after 1939. In 1942, she was de-tained in the TerezÌn ghetto, and in 1943 in Auschwitz. At thetime of liberation, she was being held in Bergen-Belsen. InMay 1945, Ms. Bondy returned to Prague; her parents weredead, her sister survived.

From 1945 to 1948, she worked as a translator from Englishfor the United Press in Prague. After the establishment of theState of Israel, she enlisted as volunteer for a Czech brigadethat was trained in the Czechoslovak Republic.

After service in the army, she worked as a teacher of theHebrew language, and later as a journalist in the Hebrew press.She became the first journalist to be awarded the Sokolov Pri-ze (an Israeli version of the Pulitzer Prize). She won furtherawards for her historic essays and translations from the Czechlanguage. She wrote and published two books of feuilletons,a collection of essays, four bibliographies and an autobio-graphy. Her translations into Hebrew include The GoodSoldier ävejk, books by Milan Kundera, Bohumil Hrabal, OtaPavel, Michal Viewegh, essays by V·clav Havel, Fischlís Talkswith Jan Masaryk and other Czech prosaic works. For hertranslations from Czech, Ruth Bondy was awarded the Prize ofthe Minister of Culture in 1996.

Ruth Bondy has also been active in respect of the history ofthe TerezÌn Ghetto: she is one of the founders of Beit Terezin,a memorial of Czech Jews in Givat Chaim Ichud in Israel, thecenter of teaching and research of the history of the TerezÌnghetto. Since 1994, she has annually contributed to the antho-logy TerezÌn Studies and Documents, issued in the Czech andGerman languages in Prague. Ruth Bondy has prepared theHebrew version of the TerezÌn Diary of Egon Redlich (head ofyouth care at the ghetto), and translated a Hebrew issue of thechildrenís newspaper Kamar·d (Friend), typed in TerezÌn. Hermost important work dealing with TerezÌn is the Biography ofJakob Edelstein.

Ruth Bondy participates in cultural events organized by theEmbassy of the Czech Republic in Tel Aviv, as well as in Isra-eli-Czech activities.




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TONIO CASAPINTA

Malta

Narodil se r. 1949. Je v˝znamn˝m maltsk˝m podnikatelem.V r. 1995 byl jmenov·n honor·rnÌm konzulem »R. Pro »es-kou republiku p¯edstavuje v˝znamnÈho partnera h·jÌcÌhoa prosazujÌcÌho jejÌ z·jmy na MaltÏ. TÏûiötÏ jeho pr·ce spoËÌ-v· na poli konzul·rnÌm, ekonomickÈm a kulturnÌm. VelmiiniciativnÏ spolupracuje s VelvyslanectvÌm »R v ÿÌmÏ.

V r. 1998 uspo¯·dal T˝den »eskÈ republiky na MaltÏ.V tÈmû roce inicioval zaloûenÌ Maltsko-ËeskÈ spoleËnosti,kter· sdruûuje 60 krajan˘ a p¯Ìznivc˘ »R na MaltÏ (Ëestn˝mËlenem spoleËnosti byl jmenov·n i souËasn˝ maltsk˝ prezi-dent prof. Guido de Marco). AktivnÏ se podÌlel na p¯Ìprav·chn·vötÏv delegacÌ »R, vËetnÏ n·vötÏvy prezidenta V·clavaHavla v dubnu 2002. V z·¯Ì 2001 uspo¯·dal ve spolupr·cis Hospod·¯skou komorou Malty semin·¯ Doing Businesswith the Czech Republic. V lednu 2002 byl povÏ¯en funkcÌvedoucÌho poboËky Czech Trade na MaltÏ s cÌlem rozvÌjetobchodnÌ v˝mÏnu mezi Maltou a »R.

Byl hlavnÌm inici·torem maltskÈ pomoci pro oblasti »RpostiûenÈ z·plavami v srpnu 2002. P¯ispÏl k realizaci myö-lenky maltskÈho prezidenta pozvat k t˝dennÌmu pobytu naMaltÏ 35 dÏtÌ ze ätÏchovic (¯Ìjen 2002). PodÌlel se na uspo-¯·d·nÌ benefiËnÌho koncertu, kter˝ probÏhl v ¯Ìjnu 2002 podpatronacÌ maltskÈho prezidenta a jehoû v˝tÏûek (8000 EUR)byl p¯ed·n Nadaci Vize 97.

Ve svÈ vlasti je velmi uzn·v·n, v b¯eznu 2002 obdrûel bla-hop¯ejn˝ dopis od maltskÈho prezidenta za dlouholet˝ p¯Ìnosk rozvoji vztah˘ mezi »R a Maltou.

Tonio Casapinta was born in 1949. He is an eminent Malte-se entrepreneur. In 1995, he was appointed Honorary Consulof the Czech Republic. He has been an important partner ofthe Czech Republic defending and promoting the Czech Re-publicís interests in Malta. The focal point of his work hasbeen consular, economic and cultural activities. He has co-operated very initiatively with the Embassy of the Czech Re-public in Rome.

In 1998, Mr. Casapinta organized a Week of the Czech Re-public in Malta. That same year, he initiated the establish-ment of the Maltese-Czech Society, which draws together 60compatriots and friends of the Czech Republic in Malta (thecurrent President of Malta, Prof. Guido de Marco, has beenappointed a honorary member of the society). Tonio Casa-pinta has been actively involved in preparing visits of dele-gations from the Czech Republic, including a visit by Presi-dent V·clav Havel in April 2002. In September 2001, Mr. Ca-sapinta organized, in cooperation with the Economic Cham-ber of Malta, a seminar called Doing Business with the CzechRepublic. In January 2002, he was entrusted with the post ofthe head of the Maltese office of Czech Trade, with a view todeveloping trade between Malta and the Czech Republic.

Tonio Casapinta has initiated Maltese aid to areas of theCzech Republic hit by floods in August 2002. He contributedto the idea of the Maltese President to invite 35 children fromätÏchovice for a one-week stay in Malta (October 2002). Mr.Casapinta helped to organize a benefit concert that took pla-ce in October 2002 under the sponsorship of the Maltese Pre-sident, the proceeds of which (EUR 8000) were donated tothe Vize 97 Foundation.

Mr. Tonio Casapinta is an eminent citizen highly respectedin his country. In March 2002, he received acknowledgementfrom the Maltese President for his long-running contributionto the development of relations between the Czech Republicand Malta.


DR. OLDŘICH ČERNÝ

ŠvýcarskoSwitzerland

Narodil se r. 1926 v Praze. V r. 1949 odeöel do exilu a usa-dil se ve Washingtonu. AktivnÏ p˘sobil v dom·cÌm a pozdÏ-ji v zahraniËnÌm odboji.

Byl jednÌm ze zakl·dajÌcÌch Ëlen˘ »eskoslovenskÈ spoleË-nosti pro vÏdy a umÏnÌ (SVU) a Ëlenem jejÌho prvnÌho p¯ed-sednictva, kde pracoval aû do svÈho odchodu do éenevyv r. 1965. Ve äv˝carsku se okamûitÏ zapojil do tamÏjöÌ exilo-vÈ Ëinnosti. Po lÈta p˘sobil ve vedenÌ ûenevskÈho spolku Be-seda Slovan a ve Svazu spolk˘ »ech˘ a Slov·k˘ ve äv˝carsku.

Dr. »ern˝ pat¯Ì k nejv˝znamnÏjöÌm p¯edstavitel˘m ËeskÈkomunity ve äv˝carsku. Jiû ¯adu let je mÌstop¯edsedou Sva-zu spolk˘, zodpovÏdn˝m za styk s »eskou republikou. Pod-statnÏ p¯ispÌv· k prohlubov·nÌ tÏchto styk˘ a vyvÌjÌ aktivitysmÏ¯ujÌcÌ k vz·jemnÈmu porozumÏnÌ a sblÌûenÌ »ech˘ domaa v zahraniËÌ. Z jeho iniciativy byla v r. 1998 zah·jena pra-videln· setk·nÌ krajan˘ z celÈho svÏta s p¯edstaviteli naöichnejvyööÌch org·n˘ formou T˝dne zahraniËnÌch »ech˘.Dr. »ern˝ st·l v pozadÌ vöech v˝znamn˝ch kulturnÌch pro-jekt˘ öv˝carsk˝ch »ech˘. Byl jmenov·n poradcem St·lÈ ko-mise Sen·tu pro krajany ûijÌcÌ v zahraniËÌ a je nejaktivnÏj-öÌm zahraniËnÌm Ëlenem konzultativnÌ rady Sen·tu. ⁄zcespolupracuje takÈ s odborem kulturnÌch a krajansk˝ch vzta-h˘ MZV »R.

V znam jeho pr·ce byl ocenÏn formou r˘zn˝ch uzn·nÌ,mezi nÏû n·leûÌ p¯edevöÌm medaile Jana Amose KomenskÈho(udÏlen· p¯edsednictvem vl·dy »SFR v r. 1992) a St¯Ìbrn·medaile Univerzity Karlovy. V r. 1999 udÏlil prezident V·c-lav Havel dr. »ernÈmu ÿ·d T. G. Masaryka.

Old¯ich »ern˝ was born in 1926 in Prague. In 1949, he wentinto exile and settled in Washington, D.C. He was actively in-volved in the local, and later in the foreign, resistance move-ment.

He was one of the founding members of the CzechoslovakSociety of Arts and Sciences (SVU) and a member of its pre-sidium, where he worked until he left for Geneva in 1965. InSwitzerland, Dr. »ern˝ immediately became involved in thelocal exile work. He worked for many years in executiveposts of the Geneva-based association Beseda Slovan andthe Union of Czechs and Slovaks in Switzerland.

Dr. »ern˝ is one of the most eminent representatives of theCzech community in Switzerland. For many years, he has beenthe vice-chairman of the Union, responsible for contactswith the Czech Republic. He has contributed significantly todeepening these contacts, and has tried to achieve mutual un-derstanding between Czechs living in the Czech Republicand abroad. Regular meetings of compatriots from all cornersof the globe with representatives of the supreme bodies of theCzech Republic have been organized on his initiative since1998, in the form of a Week of Foreign Czechs. Dr. »ern˝ hasbeen behind all important cultural projects of Swiss Czechs.He has been appointed an advisor to the Standing Commissi-on of the Senate of the Czech Republic for Compatriots Li-ving Abroad, and has been the most active foreign member ofthe consultative council of the Senate. He has worked close-ly with the Czech Foreign Ministryís Department for Cultu-re and Czechs Living Abroad.

Dr. »ern˝ís has received numerous awards for his impor-tant work, including the Jan Amos Comenius Medal (besto-wed by the Presidium of the Government of the Czech andSlovak Federative Republic in 1992) and the Silver Medal ofCharles University. In 1999, President V·clav Havel besto-wed the T. G. Masaryk Order upon Old¯ich »ern .




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GUY ERISMANN

FrancieFrance

Narodil se r. 1923 v La Varenne ve Francii. Od r. 1945 dor. 1988 pracoval ve francouzsk˝ch rozhlasov˝ch stanicÌch, odr. 1963 jako z·stupce ¯editele stanice France-Culture.

Je nejvÏtöÌm francouzsk˝m znalcem ËeskÈ hudby, kteroupropaguje jiû Ëty¯icet let. Od r. 1960 navötÏvuje hudebnÌ fes-tival PraûskÈ jaro. V r. 1962 se sp¯·telil s klavÌristou a skla-datelem Josefem P·lenÌËkem.

V r. 1966 publikoval dÌlo AntonÌn Dvo¯·k. V mnohaletÈmvlastnÌm hudebnÌm po¯adu uv·dÏl Ëeskou hudbu a zd˘razÚo-val jejÌ vazbu na n·rodnÌ historii. Jako organiz·tor hudebnÌsloûky AvignonskÈho festivalu inicioval interpretaci Ëesk˝chskladatel˘. V r. 1968 vystoupil na brnÏnskÈm kolokviu p¯i p¯Ì-leûitosti v˝roËÌ ˙mrtÌ L. Jan·Ëka.

V r. 1980 vydal publikaci Leoö Jan·Ëek ou la passion de lavÈritÈ (Leoö Jan·Ëek neboli v·öeÚ pravdy). V r. 1985 zaloûilsdruûenÌ Mouvement Jan·Ëek, kterÈ si stanovilo za ˙kol se-znamovat francouzskou ve¯ejnost s Jan·Ëkov˝mi skladbami,organizovat koncerty a konference a podporovat p˘sobenÌËesk˝ch hudebnÌk˘ ve Francii. Toto sdruûenÌ za p¯edsednic-tvÌ G. Erismanna vyd·v· Seöity (46 ËÌsel do r. 2003), v nichûpropaguje Ëeskou hudbu, a to zejmÈna odborn˝mi Ël·nky, zekter˝ch ËerpajÌ francouzötÌ doktorandi, studenti i ve¯ejnost.

V r. 1990 vydal G. Erismann dÌlo o Bohuslavu Martin˘a v r. 1993 o Bed¯ichu Smetanovi, v r. 2001 pak obs·hlou öes-tisetstr·nkovou publikaci Hudba v Ëesk˝ch zemÌch. V r. 1993zajiöùoval a moderoval pro francouzskÈ posluchaËe hudebnÌvÌkend, p¯ÌmÈ vysÌl·nÌ z Prahy.

V r. 2002, kter˝ byl ve Francii rokem ËeskÈ kultury, pre-zentoval Ëeskou hudbu na t¯ech kolokviÌch, v patn·cti rozhla-sov˝ch po¯adech a na t¯iceti p¯edn·ök·ch. Byl za to odmÏnÏnmedailÌ ministra kultury »R Artis Bohemiae Amicis. Spolu-pracuje s »esk˝m centrem a VelvyslanectvÌm »R v Pa¯Ìûi.

Guy Erismann was born in 1923 in La Varenne, France.From 1945 to 1988, he worked for French radio stations, andfrom 1963 he was deputy director of the France-Culture ra-dio station.

Guy Erismann is Franceís most learned expert in Czechmusic, which he has been promoting for forty years. He hasbeen attending the Prague Spring music festival since 1960.In 1962, he made friends with the piano player and composerJosef P·lenÌËek.

In 1966, he published a study on AntonÌn Dvo¯·k. In hisown radio program, which has been broadcast for many years,he has presented Czech music and emphasized its relation tonational history. As the organizer of the music component ofthe Avignon Festival, he initiated the interpretation of theworks of Czech composers. In 1968, he gave a speech at theBrno colloquium to mark the anniversary of Jan·Ëekís death.

In 1980, Guy Erismann published Leoö Jan·Ëek ou la pas-sion de la vÈritÈ (Leoö Jan·Ëek or The Passion of the Truth).In 1985, he founded the association Mouvement Jan·Ëek,which set itself the task of presenting Jan·Ëekís compositionsto the French public, organizing concerts and conferences,and supporting the activities of Czech musicians in France.Under Guy Erismannís chairmanship, the association pub-lishes Seöity (46 issues up to 2003), in which it promotesCzech music, especially through expert articles that are usedas source of information by French graduates preparing fordoctorís degrees, students, and the public.

In 1990, G. Erismann published a monograph on BohuslavMartin˘, and in 1993 on Bed¯ich Smetana. In 2001, he pub-lished a large volume of six hundred pages called Music in theCzech Lands. In 1993, he arranged and moderated a musicalweekend, broadcast live from Prague, for a French audience.

In 2002, the year of Czech culture in France, Guy Eris-mann presented Czech music at three colloquia, in fifteen ra-dio broadcasts, and in thirty lectures. For these endeavors, hewas awarded the medal of the Minister of Culture of theCzech Republic ñ Artis Bohemiae Amicis. Guy Erismannworks with the Czech Center and the Embassy of the CzechRepublic in Paris.


MARIA GORETTI QUADROS

IndieIndia

Narodila se r. 1955 ve vesnici Kemmanu-Udupi, v indic-kÈm st·tÏ Karnataka. Poch·zÌ z poËetnÈ nemajetnÈ rodiny.Od dÏtstvÌ se chtÏla st·t k¯esùanskou mision·¯kou. Po sloûe-nÌ ¯·dovÈho slibu zaËala pracovat na poli soci·lnÌ sluûby. VemÏstÏ Honavar (st·t Karnataka) se starala o nemocnÈ, ûenyv nouzi, ml·deû a zvl·ötÏ dÏti, kter˝m chtÏla umoûnit ökolnÌdoch·zku.

Do öiröÌho povÏdomÌ vstoupila sv˝m projektem Adopce nad·lku, kter˝ je na rozdÌl od jin˝ch charitativnÌch akcÌ zaloûenna p¯ÌmÈm vztahu individu·lnÌho d·rce (vÏtöinou z ekonomic-ky vyspÏl˝ch zemÌ) a p¯Ìjemce (indickÈ dÌtÏ ñ jeho rodina).

Tento projekt uvedla v ûivot v r. 1990 v Honavaru v novÏvzniklÈm st¯edisku Bala Praghati Kendra (Centrum pro roz-voj dÌtÏte) s 69 dÏtmi podporovan˝mi ze zahraniËÌ. Do kon-ce roku 2002 se poËet dÏtÌ zv˝öil na 3003. Z tohoto poËtuzaujÌmajÌ dominantnÌ postavenÌ ËeötÌ partne¯i, kte¯Ì podporu-jÌ 2132 dÏtÌ. Projekt, urËen˝ p˘vodnÏ pro dÏti navötÏvujÌcÌz·kladnÌ ökolu, sestra Goretti rozöÌ¯ila o dalöÌ aktivity: inter-n·t pro dÏti vysvobozenÈ z otrockÈ pr·ce, ökolnÌ st¯ediskoPrathibhodaya, kterÈ navötÏvuje 800 û·k˘, a ˙tulek pro dÏtibez rodiË˘, kter˝ sama ¯ÌdÌ.

PodstatnÈ je, ûe prost¯ednictvÌm projektu, jehoû organizaË-nÌ str·nku zajiöùuje, jsou podporov·ny dÏti jak z hinduistic-k˝ch, tak i z muslimsk˝ch rodin. P¯estoûe se ho ˙ËastnÌ za-hraniËnÌ partne¯i z ¯ady zemÌ (»R, Slovensko, Belgie, Ho-landsko, äpanÏlsko), postupem Ëasu v nÏm rozhodujÌcÌ podÌlzÌskali ÑadoptivnÌ rodiËeì z »R. Ti do Indie posÌlajÌ roËnÏ ko-lem 30 miliÛn˘ KË.

Sestra Goretti vûdy vyzdvihuje podÌl Ëesk˝ch obËan˘ na tÈ-to humanit·rnÌ akci. V znamn˝m zp˘sobem tak pom·h· öÌ¯itdobrÈ jmÈno »R a prohlubovat Ëesko-indickÈ vztahy. Jiû desetlet p¯i tom ˙zce spolupracuje s ArcidiecÈznÌ charitou v Praze.

Maria Goretti Quadros was born in 1955 in the village ofKemmanu-Udupi, in the state of Karnataka, India. She comesfrom a large indigent family. From her childhood, Maria Qu-adros wanted to become a Christian missionary. After takingthe oath of her order, she began working in the field of soci-al service. In the city of Honavar (in the state of Karnataka),she cared for the sick, women in need, young people, and inparticular children, whom she wished to ensure a school edu-cation.

She has won broad recognition with her project of Adop-tion at a Distance, which, unlike other charitable projects, isbased on a direct relationship between the individual donor(mostly from economically developed countries) and the be-neficiary (an Indian child ñ its family).

Maria Goretti Quadros launched this project in 1990 inHonavar, in a newly established center called Bala PraghatiKendra (Center for Childrenís Development) with 69 child-ren supported from abroad. Till the end of 2002, the numberof children increased to 3,003. Of this number, a dominantposition is held by Czech partners, who are supporting 2,132children. Maria Goretti has extended the project, initially de-signed for children attending elementary school, to includeadditional activities: a dormitory for children liberated fromslave work, the school center Prathibhodaya, attended by800 pupils, and an orphanage, which she runs herself.

An important aspect is that the project, which Maria Go-retti organizes and administers, supports children from Hin-du as well as Muslim families. Although the project involvesforeign partners from a number of countries (the Czech Re-public, Slovakia, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain), ìadopti-ve parentsî from the Czech Republic have gradually achiev-ed a decisive share in the project, forwarding approximatelyCZK 30 million to India annually.

Maria Goretti has always emphasized the share of Czechcitizens in this humanitarian project, thus considerably hel-ping to promote the image of the Czech Republic and deepenCzech-Indian relations. Maria Goretti has worked closelywith the Archdiocese Charity in Prague for ten years.




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IGOR VLADIMIROVIČ IVANOV(literární pseudonym Igor Inov)

Rusko

DOC. IRINA MAKAROVNAPOROČKINOVÁ, CSC.

Rusko

Igor VladimiroviË Ivanov (liter·rnÌ pseudonym Igor Inov) senarodil r. 1930 v Simferopolu. Absolvoval slavistiku na Le-ningradskÈ st·tnÌ univerzitÏ, kde v 50. letech p¯edn·öel Ëes-kou literaturu. P¯ekl·dal ËeskÈ b·snÌky i prozaiky 20. stoletÌ,z nichû mnohÈ osobnÏ znal. V r. 1971 vyöla v Leningradu je-ho monografie o OsvobozenÈm divadle pod n·zvem Jan We-rich. V r. 1990 vydal knihu Osud a m˙zy VÌtÏzslava Nezvala.V r. 1993 byla publikov·na jeho pr·ce o v˝znamn˝ch osob-nostech ËeskÈho undergroundu z doby normalizace Tv˘rciz katakomb. K vyd·nÌ jsou p¯ipraveny dalöÌ dvÏ knihy t˝ka-jÌcÌ se rusk˝ch umÏlc˘ v »ech·ch a vzpomÌnek autora na je-ho setk·nÌ s Ëesk˝mi umÏlci.

I. Inov byl spoluzakladatelem a spolup¯edsedou SpoleË-nosti brat¯Ì »apk˘ v Sankt Peterburgu. P¯ipravoval, organi-zoval a aktivnÏ se z˙ËastÚoval liter·rnÌch p·sem, semin·¯˘,p¯edn·öek o ËeskÈ literatu¯e a hudbÏ pro r˘znÈ kulturnÌ insti-tuce. V r. 1997 se podÌlel na organizaci prvnÌ vÏdeckÈ konfe-rence vÏnovanÈ dÌlu TGM.

Zem¯el v Ëervenci 2003.

Doc. Irina Makarovna PoroËkinov·, CSc. se narodilar. 1925 v Sankt Peterburgu. Je docentkou katedry slovanskÈfilologie na Sankt PeterburskÈ (LeningradskÈ) st·tnÌ univer-zitÏ. Vedla zde kurzy ËeskÈho jazyka a literatury pro studen-ty bohemistiky. Udrûuje kontakty s univerzitnÌmi centryv Praze, BrnÏ, Olomouci, Hradci Kr·lovÈ a ⁄stÌ nad Labem,s Ëesk˝mi spisovateli a liter·rnÌmi vÏdci. JejÌ vÏdeckÈ pr·ceo ËeskÈ literatu¯e jsou publikov·ny v odborn˝ch Ëasopisechv Rusku i v »R.

Po srpnovÈ invazi r. 1968 objasÚovala sv˝m student˘m po-stoj praûsk˝ch reform·tor˘. V r. 1972 p¯edn·öela na Samar-kandskÈ univerzitÏ v Uzbekist·nu dÏjiny ËeskÈ literatury. Po-m·hala konzultacemi p¯i p¯ÌpravÏ prvnÌho »esko-uzbeckÈhoslovnÌku. Od zaloûenÌ SpoleËnosti brat¯Ì »apk˘ v Sankt Pe-terburgu (leden 1995) je jejÌ aktivnÌ Ëlenkou. Z jejÌho podnÏ-tu se poprvÈ v Rusku konala konference o T. G. Masarykovi(1997), jejÌmû tÈmatem byly vztahy TGM s p¯edstaviteli rus-kÈho kulturnÌho ûivota.

V sledkem dlouholetÈho b·d·nÌ v archivech Moskvy, Pra-hy a JasnÈ Poljany byla monografie doc. PoroËkinovÈ L.N. Tolstoj a slovanskÈ n·rody: spoleËensko-politickÈ a soci-·lnÏ-filozofickÈ vz·jemnÈ vztahy na p¯elomu 19. ñ 20. stole-tÌ, vydan· v r. 1983. V pr·ci jsou zdokumentov·ny styky Tol-stÈho s »echy a Slov·ky, mj. i s TGM. V poslednÌ dobÏ I. M.PoroËkinov· spolu s manûelem pracovala na monografiio vztazÌch TGM s ruskou inteligencÌ na p¯elomu 19. a 20.stoletÌ.

Oba manûelÈ cel˝ sv˘j tv˘rËÌ ûivot vÏnovali a doc. PoroË-kinov· nad·le vÏnuje öÌ¯enÌ ËeskÈho jazyka a literatury a pro-pagaci ËeskÈ kultury v nejöiröÌm z·bÏru. Zvl·ötÏ vynik· je-jich Ëinnost t˝kajÌcÌ se vztah˘ TGM k Rusku. SpoleËnÏ byliinici·tory myölenky vytvo¯enÌ pam·tnÌku TGM (ËestnÈhoprofesora PetrohradskÈ univerzity ñ 1916) na n·dvo¯Ì filolo-gickÈ fakulty Sankt PeterburskÈ st·tnÌ univerzity, kter˝ budeslavnostnÏ odhalen na podzim 2003.


IGOR VLADIMIROVICH IVANOV(literary pseudonym Igor Inov)

Russia

DOC. IRINA MAKAROVNAPOROCHKINA, CSC.

Russia

Igor Vladimirovich Ivanov (literary pseudonym Igor Inov)was born in 1930 in Simferopol. He graduated in Slavic stud-ies at the Leningrad State University, where he gave lecturesin Czech literature in the 1950s. He translated Czech poetsand prose-writers of the 20th century, many of whom heknew personally. In 1971, his monography on the Osvoboze-nÈ divadlo Prague theater was published in Leningrad underthe title Jan Werich. In 1990, he published The Fate and Mu-ses of VÌtÏzslav Nezval. His work on eminent representativesof the Czech underground of the normalization period, Aut-hors from the Catacombs, was published in 1993. Two otherbooks, relating to Russian artists in Bohemia, and his recol-lections of his encounters with Czech artists, are prepared forpublication.

Inov was one of the founders and a co-chairman of the »a-pek Brothers Society in Saint Petersburg. He prepared, orga-nized and took an active part in literary programs, seminars,lectures on Czech literature and music for various cultural in-stitutions. In 1997, he participated in the organization of thefirst scientific conference dedicated to the work of TGM.

Igor Vladimirovich Ivanov died in July 2003.

Irina Makarovna Porochkina was born in 1925 in Saint Pe-tersburg. She is a senior lecturer at the Department of SlavicPhilology at the Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) State Univer-sity. She has organized courses of Czech language and litera-ture for students of Czech studies. She maintains contactswith university centers in Prague, Brno, Olomouc, HradecKr·lovÈ and ⁄stÌ nad Labem, with Czech writers and litera-ry scientists. Her scientific works on Czech literature havebeen published in professional journals in Russia and theCzech Republic.

After the August invasion of 1968, she explained the posi-tion of the Prague reformers to her students. In 1972, she ga-ve lectures on the history of Czech literature at the Samar-kand University in Uzbekistan. She helped the preparationsfor the first Czech-Uzbek Dictionary with as a consultant.Since the foundation of the »apek Brothers Society in SaintPetersburg (January 1995), she has been an active member.She initiated the first conference on T. G. Masaryk in Russia(1997), the topics of which included TGMís relations withrepresentatives of Russiaís cultural life.

Dr. Porochkinaís long-term research in archives in Mos-cow, Prague and Yasnaya Polyana resulted in her mono-graph L. N. Tolstoy and Slavic Nations: Socio-Political andSocio-Philosophical Interrelations at the Turn of the 19thand 20th Century, published in 1983. The work documentsTolstoyís contacts with Czechs and Slovaks, including TGM.Dr. Porochkina has recently worked together with her hus-band on a monography on TGMís relations in the late 19thand early 20th century.


A husband and wife, Ivanov and Porochkina devoted alltheir creative life (and Porochkina continues to devote her li-fe) to promoting as widely as possible the Czech language, li-terature and culture. Their efforts relating to TGMís contactswith Russia deserve special attention. They initiated the ideaof a memorial to TGM (an honorary professor of PetrogradUniversity ñ 1916) in the courtyard of the Faculty of Philo-logy of the Saint Petersburg State University, which will beceremonially unveiled in autumn 2003.



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PROF. DR. HELMUT KÖSER

SRNGermany

Narodil se r. 1940. Vystudoval politologii, sociologii, histo-rii a germanistiku na univerzit·ch v Saarbr¸ckenu a Freibur-gu. P˘sobil jako soukrom˝ docent v oboru politickÈ vÏdy, odpoloviny osmdes·t˝ch let do r. 1990 ¯Ìdil Institut pro komu-n·lnÌ pl·nov·nÌ a rozvoj B·denska ñW¸rttemberska.

V r. 1997 zaloûil nadaci Br¸cke/Most a stal se jejÌm p¯ed-sedou. Nadace byla zaloûena kapit·lem 1 mil DM, kter˝ bylv r. 2001 nav˝öen na 9 mil. DM (4,5 mil. EUR). JejÌmposl·nÌm je napom·hat zlepöenÌ vztah˘ s b˝val˝mi komunis-tick˝mi evropsk˝mi st·ty, zvl·ötÏ »eskou republikou. Ve sta-nov·ch nadace je zakotveno, ûe bude vyvÌjet svou Ëinnostnadstranicky. Mezi cÌle nadace pat¯Ì mj. podpora kulturnÌspolupr·ce mezi SRN a »R, podpora vzdÏl·v·nÌ, podporasetk·v·nÌ NÏmc˘ a »ech˘, podpora v˝zkumu v oblasti nÏ-mecko-Ëesk˝ch vztah˘ a jejich vÏdeckÈho zpracov·nÌ.

Projekty nadace Br¸cke/Most se staly v˝znamnou souË·s-tÌ spoleËenskÈho i kulturnÌho ûivota v regionu. V znamnÈmÌsto mezi nimi zajÌmajÌ Dny ËeskÈ kultury v Dr·ûÔanecha euroregionu Labe/Elbe. V r·mci 4. roËnÌku tohoto nejvÏtöÌ-ho festivalu ËeskÈho umÏnÌ a kultury v NÏmecku (2002) seprof. Kˆser osobnÏ ˙Ëastnil pÛdiov˝ch diskusÌ.

DÌky materi·lnÌmu a person·lnÌmu z·zemÌ, vytvo¯enÈmuzakladatelem, m˘ûe nadace rozöi¯ovat svÈ aktivity i na dalöÌoblasti a projekty, kterÈ p¯esahujÌ r·mec regionu, nap . cent-r·lnÌ Ëesko-nÏmeck˝ internetov˝ port·l.

Helmuth Kˆser was born in 1940. He studied political sci-ence, sociology, history and German studies at the universiti-es in Saarbr¸cken and Freiburg. He worked as private seni-or lecturer in the field of political science, and from the mid-1980s to 1990 he directed the Institute for Urban Planningand Development of BadenñW¸rttemberg.

In 1997, he created the Br¸cke/Most (Bridge) foundationand became its chairman. The foundation was establishedwith capital of DEM 1 million, which was increased to DEM9 million (EUR 4.5 million) in 2001. Its mission is to helpimprove relations with the former European communistcountries, and the Czech Republic in particular. The statutesof the foundation stipulate that the foundation will carry outits activities impartially. The foundationís objectives includethe support of cultural cooperation between Germany andthe Czech Republic, support of education, support of meet-ings between Germans and Czechs, and support of researchin the field of German-Czech relations and their scientificprocessing.

Projects of the Br¸cke/Most foundation have become a sig-nificant part of social and cultural life in the region. The mostimportant projects include the Days of Czech Culture inDresden and in the Labe/Elbe Euroregion. During the 4thyear of this biggest festival of Czech art and culture in Ger-many (2002), Prof. Kˆser personally participated in on-stagediscussions concerning the Relations between Saxony andBohemia in the 20th century.

Thanks to the material and staffing background created byits founder, the foundation is able to extend the scope of itsactivities to encompass other areas and projects, going bey-ond the borders of the region, e.g., the central Czech-GermanInternet portal.


MIROSLAV PAULIKin memoriam

Nový ZélandNew Zealand

Narodil se r. 1922 v BrnÏ. Jako student brnÏnskÈ UmÏlec-kopr˘myslovÈ ökoly byl tot·lnÏ nasazen na nucenÈ pr·ce veFrancii. P¯i transportu uprchl a pozdÏji se p¯ihl·sil do »sl.arm·dy v Anglii. V srpnu 1945 se vr·til do Prahy jako p¯Ì-sluönÌk letectva RAF ñ Czechoslovak section. V r. 1947 bylv BrnÏ jmenov·n zemsk˝m tajemnÌkem zahraniËnÌch voj·k˘na MoravÏ a pozdÏji krajsk˝m tajemnÌkem Svazu bojovnÌk˘za svobodu. V r. 1948 emigroval do Francie a dva roky potÈp¯esÌdlil s rodinou na Nov˝ ZÈland. Zde vlastnil nÏkolik fi-rem.

V r. 1969 organizoval protestnÌ akce proti okupaci »esko-slovenska. V r. 1972 zaloûil »eskoslovensk˝ klub na NovÈmZÈlandÏ. 15 let byl jedin˝m z·stupcem organizace AmericanFund for Czechoslovak Refugees na NovÈm ZÈlandÏ a pom·-hal v emigraci mnoha uprchlÌk˘m.

Po uzav¯enÌ ËeskoslovenskÈho velvyslanectvÌ ve Welling-tonu pracoval 10 let jako honor·rnÌ konzul »R. PodÌlel se naorganizaci n·vötÏvy prezidenta V·clava Havla na NovÈm ZÈ-landÏ. Dva roky usiloval o bilater·lnÌ bezvÌzovou dohodumezi Nov˝m ZÈlandem a »R, kter· byla uzav¯ena v r. 1996.Pro krajanskou komunitu pracoval aû do svÈ smrti.

Byl p¯ispÏvatelem do krajanskÈho Ëasopisu St¯Ìpky a pe-dagogicky p˘sobil na mÌstnÌ v˝tvarnÈ ökole, kde propagovalËeskÈ v˝tvarnÈ umÏnÌ a vz·jemnÈ kulturnÌ kontakty. V po-slednÌch letech, po uvolnÏnÌ vÌzov˝ch styk˘, ˙ËinnÏ pom·halnaöim student˘m na NovÈm ZÈlandÏ, a to i finanËnÏ.

V prosinci 2002 mu bylo udÏleno ËestnÈ obËanstvÌ mÏstaBrna.

Zem¯el v dubnu 2003.

Miroslav Paulik was born in 1922 in Brno. As a student ofthe School of Arts, Architecture and Design in Brno, he wasëtotaleinsatztí for forced labor in France. During transporta-tion, he escaped and later on enlisted for the CzechoslovakPeopleís Army in England. In August 1945, Mr. Paulik retur-ned to Prague as a member of the RAF - Czechoslovak secti-on. In 1947 in Brno, he was appointed the regional secretaryof foreign soldiers in Moravia, and later he was appointed theregional secretary of the Union of Freedom Fighters. In1948, Mr. Paulik emigrated to France, and two years later heand his family resettled in New Zealand. There he owned se-veral firms.

In 1969, Mr. Paulik organized protest rallies against theoccupation of Czechoslovakia. In 1972, he founded the Cze-choslovak Club in New Zealand. For 15 years, he was the on-ly representative of the American Fund for Czechoslovak Re-fugees in New Zealand. In this position he helped many re-fugees from his homeland.

After the Czechoslovak embassy in Wellington closed, Mr.Paulik worked for 10 years as the Honorary Consul of theCzech Republic. He was involved in organizing the visit ofPresident V·clav Havel in New Zealand. For two years, hesought to achieve a bilateral visa-free treaty between NewZealand and the Czech Republic, which was eventually im-plemented in 1996. Mr. Paulik worked for the compatriotcommunity until his death.

Miroslav Paulik made contributions to the compatriot ma-gazine St¯Ìpky, and he taught at the local school of arts, whe-re he promoted Czech plastic arts and mutual cultural con-tacts. In recent years, after the visa obligation was lifted, heeffectively assisted Czech students in New Zealand, financi-ally and otherwise.

In December 2002, he was awarded honorary citizenshipof the city of Brno.

Miroslav Paulik died in April 2003.




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PETER A. RAFAELI

USA

Narodil se r. 1932 v BratislavÏ. VysokoökolskÈ vzdÏl·nÌ zÌs-kal po odchodu do USA v Baltimore. V r. 1969 zaËal pom·-hat krajan˘m, kte¯Ì uprchli po sovÏtskÈ invazi. S pomocÌ Ka-tolickÈ konference, Nadace TolstÈho a VelvyslanectvÌ USA veVÌdni sestavil pl·n pomoci tÏmto uprchlÌk˘m k emigraci doUSA.

Od r. 1993 je honor·rnÌm konzulem »R ve st·techPennsylv·nie a Delaware. V r. 1999 obdrûel ocenÏnÌ od pre-zidenta V·clava Havla za aktivnÌ podporu celoamerickÈkampanÏ za p¯ijetÌ »R do NATO. Jako uzn·nÌ v˝sledk˘ jehopr·ce honor·rnÌho konzula »R ve Philadelphii byl ministremzahraniËnÌch vÏcÌ jmenov·n honor·rnÌm gener·lnÌm kon-zulem.

V prosinci 2000 byl jmenov·n do spr·vnÌ rady spolkuAmeriËtÌ p¯·telÈ »eskÈ republiky. V kvÏtnu 2001 prov·zelguvernÈra Toma Ridgeho p¯i jeho cestÏ do »R a na Sloven-sko. V lÈtÏ 2002 inicioval humanit·rnÌ pomoc obÏtem z·plavv »eskÈ republice.

Peter A. Rafaeli was born in 1932 in Bratislava. He receiveda university education in Baltimore after he emigrated to theUnited States. In 1969, he began helping compatriots whofled after the Soviet invasion. With the assistance of theCatholic Conference, Tolstoy Foundation and the U. S.Embassy in Vienna, he drafted a plan of assistance to suchrefugees for emigration to the United States.

Since 1993, he has been the Honorary Consul of the CzechRepublic in Pennsylvania and Delaware. In 1999, he receivedacknowledgement from President V·clav Havel for his activesupport in the all-American campaign for admission of theCzech Republic to NATO. As a means of acknowledgment ofthe results of Mr. Rafaeliís work as the Honorary Consul ofthe Czech Republic in Philadelphia, the Minister of ForeignAffairs of the Czech Republic promoted him to HonoraryGeneral Consul.

In December 2000, he was appointed a member of theBoard of Trustees of the American Friends of the Czech Re-public. In May 2001, he accompanied Governor Tom Ridgeon his trip to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In summer2002, he initiated humanitarian aid to the victims of floods inthe Czech Republic.


JAROSLAV ŠONSKÝ

ŠvédskoSweden

Narodil se r. 1947 v JiËÌnÏ. Je absolventem PraûskÈ konzer-vato¯e a AMU. Jako houslista p˘sobil v »eskÈ filharmoniia v SymfonickÈm orchestru ËeskÈho rozhlasu.

V r. 1975 se odstÏhoval do ävÈdska, kde zÌskal angaûm·v NorrkˆpinskÈm symfonickÈm orchestru. V letech 1987-88p˘sobil jako hostujÌcÌ profesor houslovÈ a komornÌ hry naHudebnÌ univerzitÏ v Brandonu v KanadÏ. V 90. letech p˘so-bil v Epos Trio Berlin. Nahr·val pro ËetnÈ rozhlasovÈ stani-ce, vyuËoval v USA, BrazÌlii, KanadÏ, NÏmecku a Keni.

Jako Ëlen NorrkˆpinskÈho symfonickÈho orchestru zorga-nizoval v r. 1999 »esk˝ festival k 10. v˝roËÌ sametovÈ revo-luce. Festival prezentoval p¯edevöÌm Ëeskou klasickou hu-debnÌ tvorbu, grafiku, fotografii, film a pantomimu.

V ¯Ìjnu 2001 uspo¯·dal s p¯edsedou MojûÌöovy n·boûen-skÈ obce v Norrkˆpingu P. Freudenthalem övÈdsko-Ëesko-iz-raelsk˝ projekt Dny ûidovskÈ kultury. V r·mci tohoto projek-tu se spolu s »esk˝m centrem Stockholm podÌlel na realizaciv˝stavy kreseb terezÌnsk˝ch dÏtÌ nazvanÈ Mot˝la jsem tadynevidÏl, liter·rnÏ fotografickÈ v˝stavy Franz Kafka a Prahaa fotografickÈ v˝stavy éidovskÈ h¯bitovy v »ech·ch a na Mo-ravÏ. Festival byl zah·jen koncertem Epos Trio BerlÌn,v nÏmû J. äonsk˝ hraje na housle.

Po srpnov˝ch z·plav·ch 2002 v »R inicioval J. äonsk˝ ak-tivity na pomoc postiûen˝m oblastem. Akce vyvrcholila be-nefiËnÌm koncertem. Jeho z·sluhou byla v Norrkˆpingup¯edstavena öirokÈ ve¯ejnosti putovnÌ fotografick· v˝stavaPovodnÏ v »ech·ch 2002.

J. äonsk˝ s Epos Triem Berlin byli pozv·ni k vystoupenÌbÏhem n·vötÏvy prezidenta V·clava Havla ve SpolkovÈ re-publice NÏmecko v lednu 2003. VystoupenÌ se konalo p¯islavnostnÌ veËe¯i, kterou na z·mku Bellevue v BerlÌnÏ uspo-¯·dal nÏmeck˝ prezident Johannes Rau.

Jaroslav äonsk˝ was born in 1947 in JiËÌn. He graduatedfrom the Prague Conservatoire and the Academy of Music andDramatic Arts. As a violinist, he played with the Czech Phil-harmonic and the Symphonic Orchestra of the Czech Radio.

In 1975, Mr. äonsk˝ moved to Sweden, where he was takenon by the Norrkˆping Symphonic Orchestra. In the years 1987ñ 1988, he gave lectures as a visiting professor of the violinand chamber playing at the Music University in Brandon, Ca-nada. In the 1990s, he played with Epos Trio Berlin. Mr. äon-sk˝ made recordings for numerous radio stations, and taught inthe United States, Brazil, Canada, Germany and Kenya.

As a member of the Norrkˆping Symphonic Orchestra, heorganized a Czech Festival in 1999 on the occasion of the10th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. The festival pre-sented Czech classical music, graphic art, photography, filmand pantomime.

In October 2001, together with the president of the MosesíChurch in Norrkˆping, P. Freudenthal, he organized a Swe-dish-Czech-Israeli project called Days of Jewish Culture. Aspart of the project, Mr. äonsk , together with the Czech Cen-ter Stockholm, helped organize an exhibition of drawings bythe children of TerezÌn Nazi camp called I havenít Seena Butterfly Here, a literary and photographic exhibition cal-led Franz Kafka and Prague, and a photographic exhibitioncalled Jewish Cemeteries in Bohemia and Moravia. The fes-tival opened with a concert by Epos Trio Berlin, in whichJ. äonsk˝ plays the violin.

After the August 2002 floods in the Czech Republic, J.äonsk˝ initiated activities to aid the affected regions. Theevent culminated in a benefit concert. Thanks to J. äonsk ,a traveling photographic exhibition called Floods in Bohemiain 2002 was shown to the general public in Norrkˆping.

J. äonsk˝ and Epos Trio Berlin were invited to perform du-ring a visit of President V·clav Havel to Germany in January2003. The performance took place at a ceremonial dinner gi-ven at chateau Bellevue in Berlin by the German PresidentJohannes Rau.




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JAN TRÁVNÍČEK

KanadaCanada

Narodil se r. 1927 v Nasavrk·ch. Jako student opustil v ro-ce 1949 »eskoslovensko a po mnoha peripetiÌch, bÏhem ni-chû si zvyöoval kvalifikaci, se v r. 1957 dostal do Kanady.Usadil se v Torontu, kde se brzy stal jednÌm z p¯edstavitel˘mÌstnÌ krajanskÈ komunity.

V r. 1983 se stal p¯edsedou Masarykova ˙stavu v Torontu,kde p˘sobil takÈ jako jeho manaûer. Za jeho spr·vy byly napozemku ⁄stavu vybudov·ny domy pro mnoho Ëesk˝cha slovensk˝ch rodin a tzv. SeniornÌ d˘m. Za dobu 20 let, poniû vykon·val funkci p¯edsedy, byl Masaryk˘v ˙stav v˝-znamnÏ zveleben. Na rozdÌl od jin˝ch Ëesk˝ch organizacÌsv˘j majetek ochr·nil a udrûel pohromadÏ na pozemcÌch, kte-rÈ dodnes nesou jmÈno Masaryktown.

Sv˝mi manaûersk˝mi zkuöenostmi dok·zal J. Tr·vnÌËekve sloûitÈ dobÏ zajistit finanËnÌ chod ⁄stavu natolik, ûe fi-nancuje nejvÏtöÌ krajanskÈ periodikum ñ Ëtrn·ctidenÌk Nov˝Domov, knihovnu, dÏtskou ökolu a Masarykovy domy.Umoûnil rovnÏû rekonstrukci Restaurace Praha, celkovouobnovu are·lu a odhalenÌ sochy Ëeskoslovensk˝m obÏtemkomunismu ve zdejöÌm parku v Ëervenci 1998. Masaryktownse stal centrem krajanskÈho ûivota v KanadÏ, konajÌ se zdesokolskÈ slety, dÏtskÈ t·bory, spoleËenskÈ a kulturnÌ akce atd.

J. Tr·vnÌËek se tÏöÌ v˝znaËnÈmu postavenÌ v krajanskÈ ko-munitÏ a tradiËnÏ v Masaryktownu vÌt· n·vötÏvy p¯ednÌchËesk˝ch politik˘ a parlamentnÌch delegacÌ.

Jan Tr·vnÌËek was born in 1927 in Nasavrky. As a student,he left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and after many reversals infortune, during which he kept increasing his qualifications,he landed in Canada in 1957. He settled in Toronto, where hesoon became one of the representatives of the local Czechcommunity.

In 1983, Jan Tr·vnÌËek became chairman of the MasarykInstitute in Toronto, where he has also been active as its ma-nager. Under his management, houses for many Czech andSlovak families and the Seniors House have been built on theInstituteís land. In the 20 years of his chairmanship, the Ma-saryk Institute has developed remarkably. Unlike otherCzech organizations, the Institute is protected and has pre-served its assets in an area still called Masaryktown.

With his managerial capabilities, Tr·vnÌËek has ensuredthe Instituteís financial operations in complicated times sosuccessfully that it has been able to finance the biggest com-patriot periodical ñ Nov˝ Domov (New Home) bi-weekly,a library, childrenís school, and Masaryk houses. The Institu-te also made it possible to renovate Praha restaurant, gene-rally restore the area, and unveil a statue, commemoratingCzechoslovak victims of communism, in the local park in Ju-ly 1998. Masaryktown has become the hub of compatriot li-fe in Canada, with Sokol rallies, childrenís camps, and soci-al and cultural events.

Tr·vnÌËek enjoys a prominent position in the compatriotcommunity and traditionally welcomes visits of leadingCzech politicians and Parliamentary delegations to Masaryk-town.


DOC. MUDR. KONSTANTINGEORGIEV TROŠEV

BulharskoBulgaria

Narodil se r. 1940 v Ruse v Bulharsku. Absolvoval FakultuvöeobecnÈho lÈka¯stvÌ UK v Praze. Po ukonËenÌ studiav r. 1964 se specializoval na plastickou chirurgii na kliniceakad. F. Buriana.

V r. 1988 zaloûil v bulharskÈ VarnÏ kliniku plastickÈ chi-rurgie a pop·lenin na tamÏjöÌ VojenskÈ lÈka¯skÈ akademiia stal se jejÌm p¯ednostou. P¯itom udrûoval odbornÈ kontak-ty s Ëesk˝mi lÈka¯sk˝mi a vÏdeck˝mi ˙stavy a p¯i svÈ Ëin-nosti uplatÚoval zkuöenosti ËeskÈ ökoly plastickÈ chirurgie.Je autorem vÌce neû 200 vÏdeck˝ch publikacÌ a 8 monografiÌa uËebnic.

Zab˝val se historiÌ Ëesko-bulharsk˝ch vztah˘ z pohledusvÈ profese. V r. 1976 obh·jil disertaËnÌ pr·ci »eötÌ lÈka¯iv Bulharsku v dobÏ balk·nsk˝ch v·lek 1912-1913, kterou UKvydala jako dvojjazyËnou monografii (1984).

V r. 1973 zaloûil a stal se p¯edsedou SpoleËnosti bulharskoñ ËeskÈho a slovenskÈho p¯·telstvÌ ve VarnÏ, kter· po¯·d·kulturnÌ a osvÏtovÈ akce po celÈm ˙zemÌ Bulharska.V r. 1997 zaloûil poboËku klubu Carolinum, sdruûujÌcÌ bul-harskÈ absolventy UK.

Doc. Troöev je nositelem ¯ady Ëesk˝ch a bulharsk˝ch vy-znamen·nÌ, mezi nimi ÿ·du Cyrila a MetodÏje a jubilejnÌmedaile 650 let UK.

Konstantin Georgiev Troshev was born in 1940 in Ruse,Bulgaria. He graduated from the Faculty of General Medici-ne of Charles University in Prague. After completing hisstudies in 1964, he specialized in plastic surgery at theteaching hospital of Professor F. Burian.

In 1988, he founded a plastic surgery and burns center inVarna, Bulgaria at the local Military Medical Academy, andbecame its head consultant. He continued to maintain profes-sional contacts with Czech medical and scientific instituti-ons, and made use of his experience from the Czech schoolof plastic surgery in his practice. Troshev has written over200 scientific publications and 8 monographs and textbooks.

Troshev studied the history of Czech-Bulgarian relationsfrom the perspective of his profession. In 1976, he defendedhis doctoral dissertation Czech Physicians in Bulgaria at theTime of the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, published by CharlesUniversity as a bilingual monograph in 1984.

In 1973, K. G. Troshev founded and became president ofthe Society of Bulgarian-Czech and Slovak Friendship inVarna, which organizes cultural and educational eventsthroughout Bulgaria. In 1997, he set up a branch of Caroli-num, in which Bulgarian graduates of Charles University aredrawn together.

Dr. Troshev has been decorated with a number of Czechand Bulgarian distinctions, including the Order of Cyril andMethodius and the Jubilee Medal on the occasion of the650th anniversary of Charles University.




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UNIV. PROF. DR. JOSEF VINTR

RakouskoAustria

Narodil se r. 1938 v Senet·¯ovÏ na jiûnÌ MoravÏ. Vystudo-val klasickou filologii a bohemistiku na filozofickÈ fakultÏ br-nÏnskÈ univerzity. Od r. 1968 p˘sobil jako smluvnÌ asistentv ⁄stavu pro slovanskou filologii VÌdeÚskÈ univerzity.V r. 1976 zÌskal rakouskÈ obËanstvÌ a stal se univerzitnÌm asi-stentem.

V souËasnosti vykon·v· pedagogickou a vÏdeckou Ëinnostna vÌdeÚskÈm Institutu slavistiky, kde je p¯ednÌm odbornÌkemna bohemistiku. V pr˘bÏhu svÈ vÏdeckÈ dr·hy vydal ¯adu od-born˝ch publikacÌ (nap . studie o nejstaröÌch Ëesk˝ch evan-geliÌch), kterÈ p¯iblÌûily problematiku historie p¯ekladu Ëes-k˝ch n·boûensk˝ch text˘ rakousk˝m a nÏmeck˝m bohemis-t˘m.

V letech 1978-81 p˘sobil jako redaktor a spoluvydavatelVÌdeÚskÈho slavistickÈho almanachu, kde poskytoval publi-kaËnÌ p¯Ìleûitosti i nÏkter˝m autor˘m z »eskoslovenska, kte-¯Ì mohli doma publikovat jen s obtÌûemi. Od r. 1982 se podÌ-lÌ na vyd·v·nÌ VÌdeÚskÈ slavistickÈ roËenky. Od r. 1992 re-dakËnÏ spolupracoval na p¯ÌpravÏ StaroËeskÈho slovnÌku.

DlouhodobÏ se angaûoval pro rozvoj slavistiky a bohemis-tiky v Rakousku, jako pedagog vychoval nÏkolik generacÌ ra-kousk˝ch bohemist˘ a slavist˘. Jako vysokoökolsk˝ pedagogusiloval o to, aby bohemistika z˘stala na univerzitÏ ve VÌdnidiplomov˝m studijnÌm oborem.

Josef Vintr was born in 1938 in Senet·¯ov, south Moravia.He studied classical philology and Czech studies at the Fa-culty of Arts of the university in Brno. Since 1968, he hasbeen active as external assistant at the Institute for SlavicPhilology of the Vienna University. In 1976, he receivedAustrian citizenship and became assistant lecturer at the uni-versity.

Josef Vintr is also involved in teaching and scientific acti-vity at the Vienna-based Institute of Slavic Studies, where heis one of the leading Bohemists. During his academic career,he published a number of scientific publications (e.g. a studyof the oldest Czech gospels), which introduced the issue ofthe history of the translation of Czech religious texts to Au-strian and German experts in Czech studies.

From 1978 to 1981, Josef Vintr was active as an editor andfellow publisher of the Viennese Slavist Almanac, where healso offered opportunities for publication to certain Czecho-slovak authors who were only able to publish in Czechoslo-vakia with difficulty. Since 1982, Josef Vintr has helped pub-lish the Viennese Slavist Yearbook. Since 1992, he has beencooperating on the project of the Dictionary of Old Czech.

Josef Vintr has long been involved in promoting the deve-lopment of Slavic and Czech studies in Austria, and as a tea-cher has raised several generations of Austrian Slavists andBohemists. As a university teacher, he sought to ensure thatCzech studies remain a diploma subject at the Vienna Uni-versity.


ČESKÉ KULTURNÍ CENTRUM HOUSTON

CZECH CULTURAL CENTER HOUSTONUSA

Neziskov· kulturnÏ-vzdÏl·vacÌ instituce, kter· se zamÏ¯ujena podporu ËeskÈho jazyka, kultury a umÏnÌ.

Spolupracuje s velvyslanectvÌmi »R a Slovenska i s ˙¯a-dem honor·rnÌho konzula v Texasu. Prezidentkou je panÌEff ie M. Roseneov·. Centrum po¯·d· vzdÏl·vacÌ fÛra,p¯edn·öky a kurzy ËeskÈho jazyka. MÌstnÌm student˘m Ëeöti-ny udÏluje stipendia.

K tradiËnÌm akcÌm pat¯Ì filmovÈ veËery a oslavy v˝-znamn˝ch Ëesk˝ch v˝roËÌ. Centrum se takÈ podÌlÌ na v˝-mÏnnÈm programu Texas Czech Physicians Exchange, v je-hoû r·mci p¯ijÌûdÏjÌ kaûdoroËnÏ dva ËeötÌ lÈka¯i na t¯ÌmÏ-sÌËnÌ st·û do USA. Podporuje rovnÏû obchodnÌ z·jmy »es-kÈ republiky v USA a pom·h· p¯i organizaci programupolitik˘ »R v Texasu. »tvrtletnÏ vyd·v· v angliËtinÏ zpra-vodaj The News of the Czech Center, kter˝ pat¯Ì k nejlepöÌ-mu krajanskÈmu tisku.

Na podzim r. 2002 zorganizovalo Centrum finanËnÌ pomocpro obÏti z·plav v »eskÈ republice.

V souËasnosti Centrum buduje svÈ novÈ sÌdlo v MuseumDistrict Houston, kterÈ bude disponovat vÏtöÌmi prostoramipro muzeum, galerii, taneËnÌ s·l, archiv a knihovnu. Pl·nujese takÈ z¯ÌzenÌ ekumenickÈ kaple a Ëesko-slovenskÈ restaura-ce.

Czech Cultural Center Houston is a non-profit cultural andeducational institution focused on support of Czech langua-ge, culture and arts.

It cooperates with the Embassies of the Czech Republicand Slovakia and with the office of the Honorary Consul inTexas. The Centerís president is Ms. Effie M. Rosene. TheCenter organizes educational forums, lectures and Czech lan-guage courses. It grants scholarships to local Czech languagestudents.

The Centerís traditional activities include film eveningsand celebrations of important Czech anniversaries. The Cen-ter also participates in the Texas Czech Physicians Exchangeprogram, within the framework of which two Czech doctorscome to the United States every year for a three-month intern-ship. The Center also supports the Czech Republicís com-mercial interests in the United States and helps organize theprogram of Czech politicians in Texas. It issues the English-language quarterly The News of the Czech Center, which isone of the best compatriot periodicals.

In autumn 2002, the Center organized financial aid for vic-tims of the floods in the Czech Republic.

At present, the Center is building new headquarters in Mu-seum District Houston, which will have larger premises avail-able for a museum, gallery, ballroom, archive and a library.Plans are also being made to set up an ecumenical chapel anda Czech and Slovak restaurant.




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SDRUŽENÍPOLSKO-ČESKO-SLOVENSKÁSOLIDARITA, Polsko

ASSOCIATIONOF POLISH-CZECH-SLOVAKSOLIDARITY, Poland

SdruûenÌ bylo zaregistrov·no v r. 1991. Navazuje na p˘vodnÌdisidentsky orientovanou Ëinnost, kter· se datuje od poË·tkuosmdes·t˝ch let.

SdruûenÌ vidÌ sv˘j souËasn˝ smysl ve sbliûov·nÌ a rozvÌjenÌspolupr·ce mezi polskou a Ëesko(slovenskou) spoleËnostÌ a dal-öÌmi zemÏmi Evropy, v öÌ¯enÌ znalostÌ o kulturnÌm, spoleËenskÈma politickÈm ûivotÏ v »R a v Polsku, v iniciov·nÌ a podpo¯e vz·-jemnÈ spolupr·ce mezi obyvateli a institucemi obou zemÌ.

Na prvnÌm valnÈm sjezdu v r. 1992 bylo vytvo¯eno 6 regio-n·lnÌch oddÏlenÌ a zvolena Rada mluvËÌch jako nejvyööÌ org·nSdruûenÌ. SouËasnÏ byla zaloûena Nadace Polsko-Ëesko-sloven-sk· solidarita s cÌlem podporovat kulturnÌ a spoleËenskÈ aktivi-ty SdruûenÌ.

SdruûenÌ se v˝znamn˝m zp˘sobem podÌlÌ na prezentaci a pro-pagaci »eskÈ republiky v Polsku a na rozvoji polsko-ËeskÈ spo-lupr·ce na ˙zemÌ DolnoslezskÈho, OpolskÈho a SlezskÈho voj-vodstvÌ. Z iniciativy SdruûenÌ bylo ve Vratislavi otev¯eno Cent-rum Ëesko-polskÈ spolupr·ce, kterÈ organizuje p¯edn·öky, fil-mov· p¯edstavenÌ, kurzy ËeskÈho jazyka a dalöÌ kulturnÌ akce.

Ve spolupr·ci SdruûenÌ a jÌm spravovanÈ nadace je kaûdoroËnÏpo¯·d·n Mezin·rodnÌ divadelnÌ festival ÑNa hraniciì. SdruûenÌ jetakÈ organiz·torem podzimnÌch Polsko-Ëesk˝ch dn˘ k¯esùanskÈkultury, kterÈ se konajÌ v Ëesko-polskÈm pohraniËÌ a majÌ za seboujiû 13. roËnÌk. V znamnou aktivitou SdruûenÌ byly »eskÈ dny veVratislavi v letech 1996-98 a n·slednÏ v letech 1999-2001.

SdruûenÌ sehr·lo v˝znamnou roli p¯i otvÌr·nÌ Gener·lnÌhokonzul·tu »R ve Vratislavi a v r. 2002 iniciovalo I. roËnÌk Vise-gr·dskÈho festivalu, kter˝ zahrnuje spolupr·ci Ëty¯ mÏst ñ Vrati-slavi, Olomouce, Preöova a maÔarskÈ PÈcse.

SdruûenÌ se v˝znamnÏ podÌlelo na organizov·nÌ pomoci za-mÏ¯enÈ na likvidaci n·sledk˘ srpnov˝ch povodnÌ v r. 2002 v »R.

The Association was registered in 1991. It follows up on theoriginal dissent activity dating back to the early 1980s.

In the associationís view, its purpose lies in approximatingand developing cooperation between the Polish and Czech(-Slo-vak) societies and other European countries, in disseminating in-formation on the cultural, social and political life in the CzechRepublic and in Poland, and in initiating and supporting mutualcooperation between the peoples and institutions of both count-ries.

At the first general assembly held in 1992, six regional de-partments were established and the Board of Speakers was ap-pointed as the Associationís supreme body. At the same time, thePolish-Czech-Slovak Solidarity Foundation was establishedwith a view to supporting the cultural and social activities of theAssociation.

The Association has been significantly involved in presentingand promoting the Czech Republic in Poland and in developingPolish-Czech cooperation in Lower Silesia, Opole and Silesia.On the Associationís initiative, the Center of Czech-Polish Co-operation was opened in Wroclaw, which organizes lectures, filmscreenings, Czech language courses and other cultural events.

With the involvement of the Association and the foundation itadministers, an International Theatre Festival called ìNa hrani-ciî (On the Border) is organized on an annual basis. The Asso-ciation also organizes the autumn Polish-Czech Days of Christi-an Culture, which have been held in the Czech-Polish borderarea for 13 years now. Significant events organized by the Asso-ciation also included the Czech Days in Wroclaw in the years1996 ñ 1998 and subsequently in the years 1999 ñ 2001.

The Association played an important role in opening the Ge-neral Consulate of the Czech Republic in Wroclaw, and in 2002initiated the first Visegr·d Festival, which involves the coopera-tion of four cities ñ Wroclaw (Poland), Olomouc (Czech Repub-lic), Preöov (Slovakia) and PÈcs (Hungary).

The Association has been instrumental in organizing aid foc-used on eliminating the aftermath of the floods which hit theCzech Republic in August 2002.

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SPOLEK PŘÁTEL BOHEMIABOHEMIA BARÁTI KÖRMa�arsko

ASSOCIATION OF THE FRIENDS OF BOHEMIABOHEMIA BARÁTI KÖRHungary

Spolek vznikl r. 1993. Nahrazuje plnohodnotnÏ Ëinnost kra-janskÈho spolku v MaÔarsku (Ëesk· menöina zde ofici·lnÏneexistuje). P˘sobÌ v Budapeöti. P¯edsedou i Ëleny vedenÌjsou maÔarötÌ obËanÈ a »eöi ûijÌcÌ v MaÔarskÈ republice.Spolek m· svÈ Ëleny i na Slovensku, v »R, v NÏmeckua v USA.

»eskÈ velvyslanectvÌ v Budapeöti je se Spolkem ve st·lÈmkontaktu a spolupracuje na jeho kulturnÌch a dalöÌch aktivi-t·ch zamÏ¯en˝ch na propagaci »eskÈ republiky v MaÔarsku,mezi nÏû pat¯Ì pravidelnÈ tematickÈ z·jezdy do »R, vyd·v·-nÌ Ëasopisu Bohemia (2 x roËnÏ dvojËÌslÌ), vyd·v·nÌ knih Ëes-k˝ch autor˘, uËebnic a knih s Ëeskou tematikou i kaûdoroËnÌpo¯·d·nÌ »eskÈho plesu v Budapeöti.

P¯edseda Spolku OttÛ Zach·r je autorem fotografiÌ s tema-tikou ËeskÈ krajiny a pam·tek, kterÈ byly vystaveny v »es-kÈm centru v Budapeöti a v Debrecenu, KoöicÌch a Kom·rnÏ.

V r. 2003 Spolek slavÌ des·tÈ v˝roËÌ svÈ Ëinnosti.

The Association was set up in 1993. It fully substitutes theactivities of a Czech compatriot society in Hungary (whereno Czech ethnic minority officially exists). The Associationis based in Budapest. The president and managing officers ofthe Association are Hungarian nationals and Czechs living inthe Republic of Hungary. The Association also has membersin Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany and the UnitedStates.

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Budapest is in per-manent contact with the Association and participates in itscultural and other activities dedicated to the promotion of theCzech Republic in Hungary. Those activities include regulartheme trips to the Czech Republic, publication of the maga-zine Bohemia (a double issue twice a year), publication ofbooks by Czech authors, textbooks and books with Czechtopics, and the organization of an annual Czech Ball in Bu-dapest.

The president of the Association, OttÛ Zach·r, is the authorof photographs of the Czech landscape and cultural heritagewhich have been exhibited in the Czech Center in Budapestand in Debrecen, Koöice and Kom·rno.

2003 is the tenth year of the Associationís existence.
