DNE 11. LISTOPADU 1976 PROBEHLE US. PLASTIC PEOPLE OF UNIVERSE

Anonymous (Probably Nemec, Jiri)
"DNE 11. LISTOPADU 1976 PROBEHLE US" ORIGINAL CARBON COPY OF ORIGINAL TYPESCRIPT ARTICLE RELATING TO THE TRIAL OF THE PLASTIC PEOPLE OF THE UNIVERSE AND DG 307
30 x 21cm, 5pp original carbon copy taken  directly from the typescript (recto only) of an anonymous, yet detailed report on the trial of the Plastic People Of The Universe and their sister group DG307 which took place in Autumn of 1976. Earlier that year before a planned rock
festival, Czech police arrested 22 band members, colleagues and fans in Ceske Budewece in 1976 (and questioning many, many, more usually juat because of their long hair) and eventually prosecuted the key members of the band in a trial that horrified the artistic and literary circles
in the Czech republic. Those intellectuals (initially Havel and Nemec and a few others) responded by publicising the trial and seeking international pressure to stop the outrageous prosecution of the defendants. Four of the group were jailed at the end of the trail (gaining sentences of between 8 months and a year and half  - already having been detained for 8 months each pending the start of the trial - and the supporters of the band continued their campaign  eventually setting up Charter 77. Presumably  written for distribution to supporters and to the  press this is a detailed eyewitness report on the trial of the group (only 5 supporters of the band  were allowed to attend - mostly wives of the accused - despite the fact that 10 seats  allocated for the public were left empty during  the trial.) Very good condition with minor edge wear and soft folds.