The Czech Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan opened a photo exhibition Saturday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain. The exhibition, which is being held at National Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall until Nov. 29, features 70 posters highlighting the themes 'A Europe of Values and Ideas, ' '20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Iron Curtain,' and 'Czech Gems.' Jaroslav Dolecek, representative of the Czech Economic and Cultural Office in Taiwan, said at the opening of the exhibition that this exhibition presents the remarkable stories of some of the brave Czech people who attempted both successfully and unsuccessfully to escape to the free world before the Iron Curtain fell. 'This should remind us all how important it is to be courageous and to keep striving for democracy and for our individual freedoms, ' Dolecek said. Vice Foreign Minister David Lin said that 1989 was a momentous year in European history because of the nonviolent Velvet Revolution, which started in Prague that year and later led to the overthrow of Communist governments in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. 'This exhibition offers the general public in Taiwan a glimpse into this period of upheaval, and refreshes our memories of unselfish sacrifice and of a struggle for international solidarity,' Lin said. 'It also revives our aspirations to preserve the democratic way of life and to strive for freedom,' he added. 