16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation | Memory of Nations

Alfred Neudörfer in the Memory of Nation studio

Alfred Neudörfer

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Nováková, 2019

MUDr. Eva Nováková

* 1938

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Novotný

Jaroslav Novotný

* 1939

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Witness in 1966

Jan Nykl

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Obr

Major (ret.) Josef Obr

* 1923

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2

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, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Opočenský in 1996 in the parish house garden in Mělník

Mgr. Jan Opočenský

* 1949

Representative of the Church, Non-Catholic clerical, Repatriated, Member of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps (General Svoboda's army), Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marta Orolinová in 2022

MUDr. Marta Orolinová

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michaela Othmani in 1987 with a king boa constrictor

Michaela Othmani

* 1967

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Matěj Outrata, 19 years old

JUDr. Matěj Outrata

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Libor Ovečka, Prague, late 1970s

Doc., Dr., Th.D. Libor Ovečka

* 1950

Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of an Illegal Church

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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