Czech and Slovak Club of  Greater Kansas City

"August 1968"
Photos of the Warsaw Pact Armies’ Invasion of Czechoslovakia

Ross P. Marine, honorary consul of the Slovak Republic for Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri, the Czech and Slovak
Club of Greater Kansas City and additional exhibit underwriters are pleased to announce this exhibit.

“August ’68” by photojournalist Ladislav Bielik
Commemorating the 35th anniversary of the invasion of Czechoslovakia.

March 5 - 31, 2004
Arts Incubator
115 West 18th Street
Kansas City, MO 64108

Modern Czechoslovak history includes great heroism by the Czechoslovak people in their fight for freedom. One such notable act of heroism includes the resistance against the Warsaw Pact armies' occupation of Czechoslovakia in August 1968. It was recorded pictorially by Slovak photojournalist Ladislav Bielik.

Curated by Pavol Melus and organized to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the invasion, Bielik's "August '68" exhibit had its American premiere at the Koloman Sokol Gallery of the Slovak Embassy in Washington, DC last September. The exhibit displays enlarged photographs of Bratislava's streets taken by Bielik on August 21 and 22, 1968, and includes the world-famous photograph of a man exposing his chest in front of a tank.

There is no charge for the exhibit. The gallery is open to the public 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Friday and Saturday, and for groups by appointment. Call Jeff Becker at 816-916-8970 for off-hour tours.