Josef Jařab - Interview

Interview with Josef Jařab, President and Rector of CEU between 1996-1999, about his early life and the experience of being jailed in Czechoslovakia during the communist period. The discussion revolves around the film "Lemon" for which Jařab wrote the script and which is highly influenced...

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Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:f753ca5c-9a25-4e8f-8ef6-03322b44b79c
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Summary:Interview with Josef Jařab, President and Rector of CEU between 1996-1999, about his early life and the experience of being jailed in Czechoslovakia during the communist period. The discussion revolves around the film "Lemon" for which Jařab wrote the script and which is highly influenced by the period he spent in jail. In addition, the interview touches upon history, World War II and the Cold War, but also Jařab's current life, academic work and writings.