Panzer in Prag

de Martina Winkler

The whole world is watching as the Prague Spring comes to an end on August 21, 1968, with a brutal demonstration of power. On this day and during the first week after the 'socialist fraternal states' invaded Czechoslovakia, numerous photographers document the events in central locations or on their own doorstep. Private and professional shots show incisive moments, dramatic scenes and a bizarre everyday life in the days of the invasion. The selection of photographs in this volume ranges from unknown recordings from archives and private property to iconic images that have shaped collective memory for five decades. In her essays, Martina Winkler traces the complex visual documents of the time, a treasure trove and her own photographic image memory, in which the disturbing atmosphere of this period has been preserved in many details.