1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 | Memory of Nations

Ilja Stern, late 1980s

Ilja Stern

* 1960

Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Jarmila Štogrová Doležalová in 2022

Jarmila Štogrová

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Period portrait of Miroslav Anton

Mgr. Miroslav Anton

* 1959

Journalist, Politician, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Frode Bakken, Prague, 2023

Frode Bakken

* 1950

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Norway

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Daniel Balabán in 1993

Daniel Balabán

* 1957

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

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

sedesaty

Professor, ThDr. Milan Balabán

* 1929 †︎ 2019

Dissident, Representative of the Church, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Soňa Balcárková

Soňa Balcárková

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Bedřich Bárta in 2022

Bedřich Bárta

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Portrait near the villa in Lomnice nad Popelkou, author: Bohdan Holomíček, beginning of 1980s

Mgr. Jaroslav Bárta

* 1948

Environmentalist, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Demonstration in Litomerice, The Velvet revolution

Zdeněk Bárta

* 1949

Dissident, Vicar without State agreement, Charter 77 signatory, Volhynian Czechs

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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