Václav Havel – Ruzyně Prison, Prague, March 17, 1990

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Václav Havel, an Unplanned Stop at Ruzyně Prison
Prague, March 17, 1990

On his way to the airport—where he was to depart by helicopter for a meeting with Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa—Václav Havel made an unplanned visit to Ruzyně Prison, where he himself had been held in pre-trial detention just a year earlier.
The photograph was taken moments before the gate opened, after the president knocked on it. The subsequent reaction of the prison service was directly proportional to their surprise at this impromptu visit…

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