Commentary
This drawing is a diary entry by artist Vladimír Fuka from 21 July 1952, with a simple caption: “Show Trials”.
Fuka was an intellectual and an artist, one upon whom the communist regime looked critically. While he could only exhibit works celebrating the communist regime, his diary became a place where he could openly express his feelings. Fuka did not know the conditions of custody, the details of the investigations, or the extent of manipulation of public opinion in show trials; however, the simple drawings express the gloom that he felt about political affairs and that he believed dominated all of society.
