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Lubor Maťa in 2024

Lubor Maťa

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jindřich Polák in 1961

Jindřich Polák

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Emma Srncová in her youth

Emma Srncová

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

Josef Achrer, 1961

Josef Achrer

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Evžen Adámek on contemporary photograph

Mgr. Evžen Adámek

* 1960

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Portrét zamlada - Edited.jpg (historic)

Jan Adamus

* 1951

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait of youth

Petr Adler

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Michal Ambrož, late 1970s

Michal Ambrož

* 1954 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

portret.jpg (historic)

Jiří Anderle

* 1936

Boy Scouts, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Michaela Antalíková at the concert of Midnight in 1990

Michaela Antalíková

* 1964

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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