Students of Brno universities organize a special program “Brněnský sedmnáctý” today. Photo: náměstí Svobody, @BrnoDaily
Brno, Nov 17 (BD) – Freedom and Democracy Day, Nov 17, commemorates two specific events in the long struggle of the Czech people for a free, democratic society: the resistance of student demonstrators in 1939 to the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia and student protests in 1989 that resulted in “Velvet Revolution”.
Today, students of Brno universities organize a special program called “Brněnský sedmnáctý” (official web). They say: “We [students] recall the events of 1939 and 1989. We want to show that students are not indifferent to the state and development of the Czech society.”
Program – Brněnský sedmnáctý na náměstí Svobody
15:30 Performance of students of musical acting
15:45 Satirical theater of JAMU students
16:00 Official opening
16:15 Remembrance of witnesses of Nov 17, 1989 – students, academics and others
17:45 Performance by singer Šimon Peták
Lantern parade
Join the FF MU Students’ Fund (Fund of Faculty of Philosophy of Masaryk University) and recall events that should not be forgotten.
At each stop, historians of Masaryk University will hold a short speech about the events of 1939 and 1989. People will light candles in memory of the victims of Nazism and Communism.
Program
18:00 – Start at náměstí Svobody
Moravské náměstí
Komenského náměstí
Filozofická fakulta MU
Stavební fakulta VUT
Právnická fakulta MU
Kaunicovy koleje
21:30 – celebration at Kraví hora
Bring your own lanterns or buy them directly at náměstí Svobody.
