Deník - Řekněte jim, že sametová… – Mejstřík Martin (2019)

"The fact that university students became the spark of a process that ultimately led to the end of the forty-year communist dictatorship was not a coincidence," says former student leader Martin Mejstřík. The students were prepared. They were united by their resistance to all absurd manifestations of the totalitarian regime. Many had already patiently and bravely worked before November 1989 to restore a functioning democratic order to our country. They wanted to finally live a normal free life. Martin Mejstřík was one of them. He decided to share his experiences from the times of deep totality and the subsequent post-revolutionary years not only with the witnesses of the revolution. He wants to reach out to young people who may better understand the tragedy and hopelessness of communist ideology through an open personal story, what real socialism truly meant, and how life was lived within it. The diary, which the author wrote for nearly fifteen years, is not just a description of events; it is also a sincere human testimony. "You will find almost everything about the author, a lot about student activities before November 1989, and quite a few things about ourselves," summarizes Martin Mejstřík. CONTENT: A few words about the second edition * Prologue * First Diary 1962–1982 * Second Diary 1982–1983 * Third Diary 1984–1986 * Fourth Diary 1986–1987 * Fifth Diary 1988…