The exhibition "Threads of Memories" brought the stories of women from Soviet camps to Kutná Hora
January 28, 2025 | Exhibitions | Exhibition Threads of Memories – The Destinies of Women in the Gulag
The life of women in the Gulag, with all its harshness, is traced in the exhibition through fragments of everyday life. It uses, among other things, photographs of handicrafts and objects linked to the stories of 26 specific women. Several authentic exhibits are also included, and some of the stories also have a distinctly Czech trace.
The second presentation of the exhibition took place in Kutná Hora. The opening took place on 6 February 2025 at 5 pm in the Church of St. John of Nepomuk (Spolkový dům). The exhibition will be on display there until 2 March, daily from 10:00-17:00 (lunch break 12:30-13:00). Admission is free. The texts of the panels are in both Czech and English.
As part of the opening those interested could also write letters and postcards in support of women unjustly imprisoned by the current Russian regime.
More about the exhibition HERE.
There was also an accompanying program on February 13 in the form of a literary evening entitled "Women Without Freedom ", which was focused on women's camp and memoir literature. The event took place from 17:00 at Café 21 in Kutná Hora.
The authors of the exhibition are the Memorial and Gulag.cz organizations. Its realization in Kutná Hora takes place in cooperation with the town of Kutná Hora.
