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Jaroslav Kulíšek with daughter

Jaroslav Kulíšek

* 1953

War veteran after 1989

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Ježek 1967.JPG (historic)

Tomáš Ježek

* 1940 †︎ 2017

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Portrait

Magdaléna Vášáryová

* 1948

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Pithart 2017

Petr Pithart

* 1941

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities and 6 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Iva Valdmanová, circa 1975

Iva Valdmanová

* 1955

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, War veteran after 1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1991 - 1995 - Croatian War of Independence, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

The witness is anonymized

Petro* Anonymous

* 1974

Ukraine, Human Rights Defender, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Orange Revolution of 2004, The Revolution of Dignity (21.11. 2013 – 22.02. 2014), 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Marković Zvjezdana in 2024

Ing., Ph.D. Zvjezdana Marković

* 1952

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Refugee

1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Олександр (анонімно) Oleksandr (anonymous)

* 2005

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine

Rushan Abbas, Prague 2025

Rushan Abbas روشەن ئابباس

* 1967

Uyghurs, Relative of a political prisoner, Human Rights Defender, Emigrant

1966-1969 Cultural Revolution, 2017 - ? Uyghur Genocide

Aram Abrahamyan

Aram Abrahamyan Արամ Աբրահամյան

* 1960

Armenia, Journalist

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Adolf Absolon (1958)

RNDr., CSc. Adolf Absolon

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Scientist, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

the witness Ivan Adam as a soldier in the basic military service

Ivan Adame

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Anti-communist rebel, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Martin Adámek in 1981.

Martin Adámek

* 1958

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Zemfira Agajeva

Zemfira Agajeva

* 1971

Russia

1.-3.9.2004 Teroristický útok v Beslanu

Gorki Águila, 2025

Gorki Águila

* 1968

Cuban Exile, Cuban Human Rights Activist, Cuban Independent Artist, Cuban Political Prisoner, Cuban Prisoner of Conscience and 2 more categories

11J Mass Protests in Cuba, Cuba after 1959, Cuba before 1959, Special Period in Cuba, The Maleconazo

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