13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall | Memory of Nations

Jiří Ježek on Il-18 bomber in Hradec Králové, circa 1965

Jiří Ježek

* 1941

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 5 more anniversaries

Ivan Kalina, high school graduation, Pilsen, 1960

Ivan Kalina

* 1942

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 4 more anniversaries

Maria Pospíšilíková Karsten

Maria Karsten

* 1942

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

As a young man

Master of Fine Arts Jan Klusák

* 1934

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Krška at the army, 1961

Karel Krška

* 1938

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

At just under 15 years of age

Prof. Pavel Mareš , DrSc.

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Marhan, 1951

Ing., CSc Jiří Marhan

* 1933

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Photograph, January 2014

Manfred Matthies

* 1941

Germany, Illegal border crossing, GDR - outgoing passengers, Political prisoner in the GDR, East German Refugee and 2 more categories

13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

As a soldier of the basic military service, 1962

Milan Pavlů

* 1939

National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer and 5 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 2 more anniversaries

Astrid Pilz in 2021

Astrid Pilz

* 1940

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, GDR - outgoing passengers, Sudeten Germans, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall

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