Tomáš Bísek, Part 1: Everything became black and white with signing of Charter 77

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:44:21 +0200Tomáš Bísek, Part 1: Everything became black and white with signing of Charter 77https://english.radio.cz/tomas-bisek-part-1-everything-became-black-and-white-signing-charter-77-8241023© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalProtestant cleric Tomáš Bísek was forced to leave Czechoslovakia in the 1980s for his dissident activities and spent over a decade ministering in Scotland. His family had been active members of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren and – despite the communist regime – he himself had eventually become a clergyman in a small town in the Bohemian Moravian Highlands. However, his life became increasingly difficult after he and his wife signed the Charter 77 protest document. I began the first half of a two-part interview by asking the now retired Mr. Bísek – who was born in 1939 – what he recalled of WWII.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/bisek_tomas_0.jpg?timestamp=1591177814 Tomáš Bísek, Part 1: Everything became black and white with signing of Charter 77 https://english.radio.cz/tomas-bisek-part-1-everything-became-black-and-white-signing-charter-77-8241023 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9