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

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PhDr. Jan Urban

* 1951

Dissident, Journalist, Déclassé, Politician, Radio Free Europe and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Urban in 1943

Zdeněk Urban

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Theresienstadt Ghetto, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 12 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 10 more anniversaries

Václav Vacek in 1950s

Mgr. Václav Vacek

* 1946

Representative of the Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Catholic clerical and 1 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

Miroslav Václavek in 1971

Miroslav Václavek

* 1965

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Radio Free Europe, Writer and 6 more categories

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 5 more anniversaries

Ljuba Vaclavová, 1961

Ljuba Václavová

* 1941

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Vaculík with his cat Čičok, 1964

Jan Vaculík

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Vaculíková

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Bata school Graduate, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship

27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Rostislav Valušek, 1970s

Rostislav Valušek

* 1946

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Non-Catholic clerical and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Vaněk - 1964

Miroslav Vaněk

* 1946

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

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Miloslav Vašina

* 1946 †︎ 2017

Charter 77 signatory, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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