World Jewish Congress - World Jewish Congress mourns passing of former Czech President Vaclav Havel: "Born in 1936 to a wealthy family in Czechoslovakia, Havel became a playwright, but after the Soviet-led clampdown on the Prague Spring in 1968 his books were banned. In 1977, Havel co-authored the 'Charter 77', which formed the platform for the movement for democratic change. Faced with constant harassment and imprisonment as Czechoslovakia's most famous dissident, he Velvet Revolution of 1989 catapulted him to the state presidency, where he oversaw the country's transition to democracy. Havel left office in 2003 and continued writing, publishing a new play in 2008 and directing his first film in 2011."
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