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Václav Havel – a Memorial Tribute – NED

By Free Media Online · December 22, 2011 · Comments Off
NED · Tagged: human rights, ned, Vaclav Havel

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech Republic, Washington, DC, and the Vaclav Havel Library, Prague, Czech Republic invites you to a Memorial Tribute honoring the life and work of Václav Havel on January 6, 2012, the 35th Anniversary of Charter 77, at 11:00 a.m. at the National Endowment for Democracy, 1025 F St. NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20004

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LIPIEN: Remembering a Polish-American patriot
Zofia Korbonska was underground resister, VOA journalist

By Ted Lipien
The Washington Times
Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Zofia Korbonska, who passed away last week in Washington at the age of 95, was a heroic figure of the anti-Nazi and anti-Communist resistance movement in Poland between 1939 and 1947. In later years, driven from her native country by the socialist regime, she worked tirelessly in the United States as a Voice of America (VOA) journalist to bring uncensored news to her native country. Read more

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