Public reading at Václav Havel’s 90th birthday
Bautzner Straße 49, 01099 Dresden, Germany
Eintritt bzw. Teilnahme kostenlos
Opening hours
Monday till Friday, 9:00 – 16:00
and by arrangement
Event as part of the 14th Neustadt Art Festival and the Intercultural Days
Eintritt bzw. Teilnahme kostenlos
Opening hours
Monday till Friday, 9:00 – 16:00
and by arrangement
Event as part of the 14th Neustadt Art Festival and the Intercultural Days
“Ich habe es irgendwo versteckt” – Notizen zum “Charta-Jahr” 1977
Reading and discussion on the translation of Havel’s long-lost manuscript, with Jana Krötzsch
5 October 2026 would have marked the 90th anniversary of Václav Havel’s birth. To complement the exhibition “Václav Havel – Photographs by Bohdan Holomíček”, the nEUROPA Gallery invites you to a reading and discussion with the translator Jana Krötzsch.
Together with Susa Wolfrum, Jana Krötzsch has translated Václav Havel’s manuscript, which was thought to have been lost and was only published posthumously in the Czech Republic in 2021, into German. Entitled “Ich habe es irgendwo versteckt” – Notizen zum „Charta-Jahr“ 1977, this text will be published in German for the first time at the end of August by Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle.
Jana Krötzsch will present the book and also tell the eventful story of how this exciting literary piece came to be published.
Václav Havel – Photographs by Bohdan Holomíček
The nEUROPA Gallery, run by Kultur Aktiv e.V., is marking the anniversary of Havels 90th birthday with an exhibition and a programme of events to commemorate this pioneer of democracy and human rights in East Central Europe, a staunch European who, as President, also vehemently advocated for German-Czech reconciliation.
Bohdan Holomíček’s photographs are characterised by closeness and a strong sense of intimacy. They reveal far more of Havel’s human greatness than official tributes ever could. The photographer does not see Havel primarily as a dissident, writer or president. Holomíček portrays Václav Havel as a human being.
Participating photographers
Bohdan Holomíček (CZ)
Curated by
Jan Oelker
This exhibition is sponsored by Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden. The “Galerie nEUROPA” project is funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Social Cohesion. This initiative is co-financed by taxpayers’ money on the basis of the budget adopted by the Saxon State Parliament as part of the “Wir für Sachsen” funding programme.
