{"id":12672,"date":"2025-10-24T12:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T10:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/praha\/?page_id=12672"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:52:26","slug":"daily-courage-polish-czech-and-slovak-women-in-anti-communist-dissent-1968-1989-14-pecovatelky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/praha\/daily-courage-polish-czech-and-slovak-women-in-anti-communist-dissent-1968-1989-14-pecovatelky\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Courage. Polish, Czech and Slovak Women in Anti-Communist Dissent 1968-1989 \/ 14 – CAREGIVERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CAREGIVERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1970s and 1980s, caring for the household and family was, with few exceptions, the domain of women. The communist regime also wanted to control motherhood and child-rearing. Even an alternative approach to family life was a form of opposition to the system. Private spaces such as apartments, houses, or cottages became centers of dissent. Many women provided meeting places and hiding places for wanted persons. They organized fundraisers and assistance for prisoners and their families. During meetings or strikes, they also took care of practical matters such as preparing food. They were prepared to look after the children of those who had been imprisoned. Many dissidents were able to devote themselves fully to opposition activities thanks to the women who supported them and took care of their households and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Budajov\u00e1: „My husband relied on me, I was always hospitable and helped him. He did his job to the fullest and I functioned as his wife and permanent service. I loved doing it. I baked cakes, cooked soups, covered up illegal activities, transcribed samizdat publications…”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eva Joachimov\u00e1: „There were lots of small children among the Charter signatories, and social workers were constantly coming and going, so they always made sure that everything was okay. There was a great sense of solidarity among everyone. When Dana and Jirka N\u011bmec were arrested, their children were left alone at home. I visited the N\u011bmec family every day, and there were always lots of people there. When I arrived, potato soup had been cooked, I brought a cake, the children had their homework written down and clean clothes for the next day<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Budajs in their apartment in Bratislava. Source: Private archive of Budaj family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Women preparing food during the strike at the Gda\u0144sk shipyards in August 1980.
Source: Archive of Karta, photo by Zbigniew Trybek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dana N\u011bmcov\u00e1 (seated first from left in the photo) with family and friends in 1973 in the apartment at Je\u010dn\u00e1 7, known as „J\u00e9\u010dko.” The apartment was open to all dissidents, people from the underground, or those who wanted to get involved in opposition activities. Here, it was possible to get support and information. Source: Private archive of D. N\u011bmcov\u00e1, photo by Ond\u0159ej N\u011bmec<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The apartment of dissidents Kamila and V\u00e1clav Benda, who had six children, was open to all visitors. Kamila Bendov\u00e1 supported her family by working at the Mathematical Institute of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. The photo shows Kamila Bendov\u00e1’s doctoral graduation ceremony in November 1972.
Source: Private archive of K. Bendov\u00e1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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