Informační materiály

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The Czech exile magazine informační materiály was created in 1971 and appeared in (then) West Berlin until 1982 . She had close contacts with the then opposition in Czechoslovakia.

history

The magazine informační materiály was published by a group of the same name, which was also created in 1971 and which was then mostly called the group infomat for short . The term “informační materiály” is to be translated into German as information material and reflected the main task intended by the editorial group and editorial team at the time.

The magazine was founded in early 1971 by a group of Czech emigrants in the Federal Republic of Germany. In addition to the intention to oppose the smashing of the Prague Spring , several other factors also played an essential role in the establishment: shortly before the Czech opposition member Petr Uhl was convicted in a show trial, and his companion at the time, who came from West Berlin Sibylle Plogstedt , expelled from Czechoslovakia. If there was a slight ideological correspondence with the ideals of Petr Uhl, the group had the opportunity at that time in the student movement to establish a first solid connection with the opposition in Czechoslovakia via Ms. Plogstedt.

Alignment

The editorial team saw itself as the “small left” competitor to the much larger exile magazine Listy . However, the main concern of the magazine was to circumvent the censorship introduced after the Prague Spring was broken, i.e. H. conveying blocked information to the opposition, on the other hand also avoiding the feeling of isolation and conveying solidarity. Despite the relatively small print runs (it is estimated that only between 400 and 800 copies of each edition were distributed in Czechoslovakia), it was still relatively well known and highly valued (as a rule, each copy was read by a large number of readers).

The members of the editorial team worked anonymously or under alternating pseudonyms. There were also contributions made by the Czech opposition itself through contacts in Czechoslovakia.

Apart from a few brochures that were published, the editorial team tried to achieve solidarity in the Federal Republic. This was also achieved by some members of the group initiating the establishment of the Eastern European Socialist Committee . The committee’s German-language magazine was last called the Eastern Europe Forum.

Since the beginning of the eighties, a lengthy discussion between the infomat group and the Listy editorial team took place, which resulted in ever closer cooperation and the closure of the magazine in favor of a joint work in Listy magazine.

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