"God asks me to forgive my guilty ones. But I cannot forgive the guilty of others." - "We must find the courage to expose the truth, documented by personal lives, the courage to take responsibility for our own destiny."
Ján Langoš and I knew each other personally, and I appreciated our mutual appreciation of each other's work. Others resented his work and activities, just as many resent his work today. His tragic death may not have been an accident at all. It is an honour for me, in the name of his lasting legacy, to build on his work and activities. The ÚSTR (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes) remembered his memory on its Facebook page and by remembering Jan Ruml on its website.
I took the photo of Ján Langoš and Václav Benda at the ÚSTR in 2014 before the ÚSTR Council meeting - he is no longer in the room today? Who removed it and at whose instigation? Let's keep our fingers crossed that the new leadership of the ÚSTR will herald a return to its roots and that both photographs will soon return to their rightful place - as a symbol of the ÚSTR's return to the necessary work, educational mission and for which it was founded.
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