17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

17. 11. 1989-17. 11. 1989

Ilja Stern, late 1980s

Ilja Stern

* 1960

Déclassé, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, 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

Ema Barešová, circa 1940

JUDr. Ema Barešová

* 1932

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, Likvidace starého Mostu, 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 6 more anniversaries

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

Jaroslav Beneš as the so-called manicka, 1975

Jaroslav Beneš

* 1946

Dissident, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 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

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil, circa 1984

Aleš Blahý Oplíštil

* 1965

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

The burning of the settlement of Ležáky, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

The black baron Jiří Boháč in the Technical auxiliary battalion in 1953

Ing. Jiří Boháč

* 1932

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Students who were for political reasons expelled from school and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Brandeiský as a student in Leningrad, 1953

Petr Brandeiský

* 1930 †︎ 2022

Russia, Holocaust, National minorities, University professor

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Bubenik orez.jpg (historic)

Jan Bubeník

* 1968

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jan Burian, filming for the Memory of Nations, Prague, 2022

Jan Burian

* 1952

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Art and censorship

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 3 more anniversaries

Miroslav Kamil Černý, historical photograph

Miroslav Kamil Černý

* 1950

Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

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