'Šance pro 15 000 000': hand-painted student-strike poster, Prague, November 1989
A hand-painted A1 poster in blue and red on white paper: a huge blue 'ŠANCE' (chance) with a red sun for the dot, 'pro miliónů 15 000 000' (for millions, 15,000,000) below, and small red and blue slogans: 'Free Christmas', 'Czech nation, wake up!!!' and 'And so in the end there remain truth, hope, love'. The tell is the stack of virtue words addressed to the whole population by a single number.
- Date
- November 1989
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Students of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, during the November 1989 student strike (record names Michaela Tučková, who helped make it, as creator and donor)
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Leader
- Ladislav Adamec
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Event
- Velvet Revolution
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- National Museum, Prague (Virtual Museum) and Europeana 1989, image via fbc.pionier.net.pl, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY 4.0 (National Museum, Prague, record 4212750); CC BY-SA 4.0 on Europeana 1989 copy
National Museum, Prague, Virtual Museum record 4212750 (PRA010); Europeana 1989 collection. CC BY 4.0 (museum record); the Europeana 1989 contributor record states CC BY-SA 4.0 for the same image.
Text on the object
ŠANCE pro miliónů 15 000 000 Svobodné VÁNOCE ČESKÝ NÁRODE PROBUĎ SE !!! A TAK NAKONEC ZBÝVÁ PRAVDA, NADĚJE, LÁSKA
CHANCE for millions 15,000,000 Free CHRISTMAS CZECH NATION, WAKE UP !!! AND SO IN THE END THERE REMAIN TRUTH, HOPE, LOVE
Read from the 1000 px image. The word before '15 000 000' is hand-lettered and could be 'miliónů' or a shortened form; the reading is the best available. Small slogans are in red and blue brush lettering and are clear.
