They were wearing berets and cursing, hitting us and pushing us into the subway. The pressure was enormous
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Roman Ráček was born on December 25, 1962 in Brno to Jana née Nedbalová and Josef Ráček. After primary school, he studied at the Elgartova Grammar School in Brno (1978 to 1982), where he and his classmates founded the theatre group Vadidlo and gradually established contacts with people from HaDivadlo and Divadlo na provázku. In the 1980s, he studied at the Faculty of Arts of Jan Evangelista Purkyně University (now Masaryk University), but did not finish his studies. In 1987 he was at the university at the birth of the samizdat student magazine Revue 88 and participated in its creation. In 1989 he participated in Palach Week in Prague and in the demonstration on Národní třída on November 17, 1989. In the immediate aftermath, he reported on the violent events at an impromptu discussion as part of the ongoing HaDivadlo and Divadlo na provázku shows at Prague‘s Na Chmelnici club. Subsequently, he became involved in the revolutionary events in Brno - helping to organise demonstrations, touring schools and businesses. After 1989, he worked briefly as a dramaturge at the Divadlo na Provázku (then under the restored original name of Husa na provázku), then as a copywriter. In 2025 Roman Ráček lived in his native Brno.
