Photo „Protest Blockade on the Danube Bridge”

The photograph depicts a moment from the ecological protests against the chlorine pollution of Ruse in 1990. The organization committee of the protest decided to undertake drastic measures: to block the Danube Bridge between the towns of Ruse and Giurgiu (the so-called „Bridge of Friendship”) on the Romanian side of the river. A rock-concert was organized near the bridge. The photograph displays one of the artistic expressions of the protest: a three-stage drawing that foresees the future of the local population in terms of its physical condition if the pollution is to continue.
In 1988 local artists from Ruse initiated a special exhibition with their works of art called “Ecology 1988”. Their actions were in support of the protest activities of citizens in Ruse at that time. The drawing seen on the photograph is one of these pieces of art.

The photograph was donated by the “Bulgarian Photography” state enterprise to the "Contemporary History" Section of the Rousse Regional Museum of History in 1991. The professional photographers of the state-owned enterprise documented every important public event in the period of state-controlled media. Following the collapse of socialism, some of the materials from the Ruse branch of the enterprise were donated to the Rousse Regional Museum of History.

Location:
- Bulgaria, 7000 Ruse, Al. Batenberg Square N 3
Year of creation:
- 1990
Featured item of:
- Ecological Protests against Chlorine Pollution in Ruse

History of Tramping

The Tramping History book describes the history of tramping from its beginnings to the present. This history was written by Bob Hurikán (his real name is Jozef Peterka) before 1965.

Location:
- Martin, Slovakia
Languages:
- Czech
Year of creation:
- 1990
Featured item of:
- Tramps' written materials

Proposal for Article 24 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, 1991

The campaign for the legal recognition of the right of conscientious objection and the campaign for the constitutional commitment of Slovenia to peace policies (conscientious objection and adoption of Article 24 of the Constitution of Republic of Slovenia) concluded successfully. This is a symbolic recognition of the broad acceptance of the Peace Movement’s activities in society.

Location:
- Ljubljana Metelkova ulica 6, Slovenia 1000
Languages:
- Slovene
Creator:
- Hren, Marko
Year of creation:
- 1991
Featured item of:
- Archives of the Peace Movement in Ljubljana

Draft of the Czechoslovak-German Treaty of Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation with Gruša´s comments

The collection contains a draft of the Czechoslovak-German Treaty: the Good Neighbourhood and Friendly Cooperation, of May 1991, for the negotiations between the Czechoslovak president Václav Havel and the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. The final version of the treaty was signed in 1992. The draft is extensive, containing 72 pages and is provided with Gruša´s comments written with pencil. Gruša proposed to replace the order of some paragraphs, to reformulate the passages concerning especially different rights of both nationalities with a goal to unify their rights, etc. The unique document is in Czech and German, and illustrates the negotiation process between these two countries as well as Gruša's own views and opinions.

Location:
- Brno, Czech Republic
Languages:
- Czech
- German
Creator:
- Gruša, Jiří
Year of creation:
- 1991
Featured item of:
- Jiří Gruša Collection at the Moravian Museum

Brandt, Miroslav, For more truth about the Declaration of 1967, 1991.Manuscript

The manuscript of the article deals with Brandt's reminiscences on his role in composing and signing of Declaration on the Name and Status of Croatian Language in March 1967. He described the anxiety among the leaders of Matica Hrvatska when the text of the Declaration had been published. Besides his own role in this matter, he also stressed that Matica Hrvatska liberated itself from the secret policy in the time of the so-called liberalization of Titoism in the 1960s. From Brandt's point of view, the central personality of Declaration was Professor Ljudevit Jonke, who worked in the Croatian Language Department at the Faculty of Humanities in Zagreb. In the end, Brandt recounted the destiny of Declaration’s creators, who were expelled from Croatian scholarly and cultural life just as he was him after the suppression of the Croatian Spring in 1971.

Location:
- Zagreb Hrvatske Bratske Zajednice 4, Croatia 10000
Languages:
- Croatian
Creator:
- Brandt, Miroslav
Year of creation:
- 1991
Featured item of:
- Miroslav Brandt Papers