The exhibition Václav Havel: Politics and Conscience connects Havel's quotes with photos of current events around the world and by this commemorates Václav Havel especially as a thinker – an author of interesting thoughts that are timeless. It was prepared by The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes together with Czech Centres and Václav Havel Library.

A part of the vernissage program was also a drum performance of Antonín Juračka. This performance was held within the event Drumming for Bubny, which commemorates the first transport of Jews that left Bubny railway station in 1941.

At the end the visitors had an opportunity to taste delicious goulash cooked according to Václav Havel's own recipe.

The speech delivered by the Ambassador Jiří Šitler:

Ladies and gentlemen,
milí krajané,
 
today, we gathered here to commemorate the 80th anniversary of birth of the late Czech president, dissident and playwright Václav Havel.
 
It´s not so often that one has the opportunity to work for a politician who is humble, witty, and capable of self-irony.  I served on President Havel´s team for several years,  and it was not only an honour but also a great pleasure.
 
This exhibition shows the continuous relevance of Václav Havel´s ideas on various issues of our time: challenges for the European Union, situation in our Eastern neighbourhood including Ukraine, worldwide threat of dictatorial regimes, etc.
 
I would like to use this opportunity to highlight one topic which was particularly close to him: the Holocaust remembrance.  In his speech held at the Stockholm International Forum on Holocaust in 2000, Václav Havel said: „It is my conviction that the tragedy of the Holocaust victims must be remembered again and again.“
 
That´s why we are joining today a worldwide event organized to commemorate 50 000 Jews deported to concentration camps from the Bubny railway station in Prague. The event is called Drumming for Bubny, and its purpose is to serve as a wake up call against silence and indifference. Mr. Juračka, a Czech-Swedish musician, will drum in memory of Václav Havel, in memory of all victims of Nazism, and also in honour of all those who helped to save their lives.