Jaroslav Hutka
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| Born | 21 April 1947 Olomouc, Czechoslovakia |
| Genres | Folk |
| Website | hutka |
Jaroslav Hutka (born 21 April 1947 in Olomouc) is a Czech musician, composer, songwriter, and democracy and human rights activist. He was a signatory of Charter 77 and the 2008 Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.[1]
Hutka left Czechoslovakia in October 1978 due to persecution from the Communist authorities, and lived in exile in the Netherlands. After the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia on 26 November 1989, he returned to his native country.[2] His works include Citizen Havel (2008), Schritte im Labyrinth (1990) and Bratřícek Karel (2016).[3]
Hutka was born on 21 April 1947 in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. His family was forced to leave their home when Hutka was five years old. Their house was made state property and the family of five consequently lived in one room adjacent to a police station.[citation needed]
