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

Přemysl Červenka in 1953

PhDr. Přemysl Červenka

* 1922

Forced labour during the WW2, Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimíra Cetkovská, 2021

Mgr. Vladimíra Cetkovská

* 1941

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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 and 2 more anniversaries

Marie Charvátová

Marie Charvátová

* 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. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Chrástek at the time of his FAMU studies, a self-portrait, 1978

František Chrástek

* 1953

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jitka Chytráčková, then Náprstková, in theatre costume, Turnov, 1960

Jitka Chytráčková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relatives of important personalities, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 8 more anniversaries

Kateřina Cichrová in 2022

Mgr. Kateřina Cichrová

* 1951

Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Daněk, temporary portrait

Václav Daněk

* 1929 †︎ 2025

Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 4 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 22. – 29. 4. 1956 – 2nd Congress of Czech Writers and 4 more anniversaries

Mr. Debnár's wife

Ján Debnár

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Antonin Dolezal - younger

Antonín Doležal

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Writer, Sokol, Scientist, University professor

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 5 more anniversaries

Josef Dostál, a portrait

Josef Dostál

* 1947

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, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 3 more anniversaries

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