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Images from the papers of the late Yugoslav dissident Mihajlo Mihajlov

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Mihajlo Mihajlov
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Mihajlo Mihajlov, 2007

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mihajlov_reading_newspaper
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Mihajlov is seen here reading an issue of Borba, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, circa 1965. The photo was used in a German publication but credited to UPI. (Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, Writings series)

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Letter from Mihajlov to his mother
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Letter from Mihajlov to his mother, Vera, written from Požare, while he was in prison, January 7, 1968. The letter notes that it is his “Letter for January,” implying that he was permitted only one letter per month. The ink stamp on the top, “Cenzurisano,” indicates that it was inspected by the censors before it was sent.

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cover
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The cover of volume 3 (1975) of Kontinent, a dissident émigré publication that appeared in German and Russian and on whose board Mihajlov later served. The caption on the cover, next to Mihajlov’s picture, states that he was sentenced to seven years in prison earlier that year and that the text that appeared in this issue, “The Mystical Experience of Captivity,” was written in prison and smuggled out of his cell. (Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, “Books” series)

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Mihajlov’s Underground Notes
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Dust jacket of Mihajlov’s Underground Notes, published in the United States by Sheed, Andrews and McMeel in 1976. The book containedtranslated articles originally published by Mihajlov in Yugoslavia or distributed as samizdat publications there. (Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, “Books” series)

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Photo of Mihajlov
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Photo of Mihajlov from dust jacket of Underground Notes.

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letter
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Photocopy of letter to Mihajlov from Prince Charles, January 5, 1983, thanking Mihajlov for sending him the manuscript of his book Unscientific Thoughts. (Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, Correspondence series, “Prince Charles”)

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Cover of New Leader
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Cover of New Leader, a publication in which Mihajlov’s pieces frequently appeared during his exile in the United States. This issue, of January 14, 1991, contains a headline article by Mihajlov about the prospects of a postcommunist Yugoslavia. (Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, “Writings: English” series)

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cover of the Serbian edition
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The cover of the Serbian edition of Mihajlov’s Unscientific Thoughts was originally published in Russian as Nenauchnie mysli in Canada in 1979. This edition was published in Belgrade in 2004, three years after Mihajlov’s return to Serbia following the downfall of Slobodan Milosevic. (Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, “Books” series)

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