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An exhibition commemorating the 30th anniversary of the
Warsaw Pact invasion was opened in Prague on Monday morning.
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1968 Exhibition in Prague
It's an exhibition showing the role of the press and radio in the 1968 events, and through it the events themselves. On display are copies of newspapers and other publications published at the time. It's an outdoor exhibition in the park outside the Malostranska metro station, a busy place, where many people will see it. 
The event was organised by the Artforum Jazz Section, one
of the first dissident movements in the early seventies. Premier
Zeman opened the exhibition, and spoke not only about the
significance of the 1968 events, but also about lessons to be
learned from what followed after the invasion. It is necessary, he
said, to stop and think why there were so many Czech collaborators
after the invasion, why so many backs were bent in the 20 years
that followed. All the more reason, the premier said, to remember those who did not give in. The exhibition is a reminder, and its main organiser, the chairman of the Jazz Section Karel Srp said they were organising the event to make it more difficult for people to forget. I asked deputy premier Egon Lansky, whether hes thought the exhibition was sufficient.  Streaming RA /
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