Josef Barák

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Josef Barák (26 January 1833 in Prague – 15 November 1883 in Prague) was a Czech politician, journalist, and poet. He was a member of the Májovci literary group. He became close with Jindřich Fügner; Fügner sent money to Barák when the latter was imprisoned in 1860.{{Cite book |last=Nolte |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M1-ADAAAQBAJ |title=The Sokol in the Czech Lands to 1914: Training for the Nation |date=2002-09-23 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-28868-3 |pages=45 |language=en}} According to Fügner's daughter, it was the first time her father supported a Czech cause.

From 1867 to 1873, Barák published the fortnightly newspaper Svoboda (Freedom) in Prague.{{Cite book |last1=Fasora |first1=Lukas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69lMAwAAQBAJ |title=Secularization and the Working Class: The Czech Lands and Central Europe in the 19th Century |last2=Hanus |first2=Jiri |last3=Malir |first3=Jiri |date=2011-07-01 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-61097-014-3 |pages=92 |language=en}}