Harta 87

Hubert Jakobs

There are certainly lots of readers who did not have any personal contact with nor remembrance of Harta 87 (Charter 87), and this foremost among the younger generation, who were not touched by the slander campaign that the authorities and press of that time directed against us during the Soviet period. As there is no such thing as universal history nor universal memory about the events that took place, I’m going to offer you the opportunity to read what my senses, as one of the participants, recorded, not pretending to give you more than just personal memories...
Harta 87 documents

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Raimond Jakobs

Years have passed. If we look back in time then we will have better under-standing about our movement in the early days. At that time, many people didn’t realize, both Christians and non-Christians, what the Harta 87 (Charter 87) document really was. This was clearly a political act of a spiritual content, or declaration, which at that time publicly attacked the political and spiritual structure...