17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída | Memory of Nations

Jiří Dohnal during the removal of the red star in Olomouc, November 1989

Jiří Dohnal

* 1969

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Karel Dolista (2015)

Karel Dolista

* 1921 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Scientist

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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Blanka Dospělová, a portrait

Blanka Dospělová

* 1955

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Květa Dostálová / 1950s

Květa Dostálová

* 1933

People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 6 more anniversaries

Miloslav Douša at the Border Guard

Miloslav Douša

* 1953

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Politician

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Petr Dujka 1970

Petr Dujka

* 1951

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Nobility, The underground

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

Václav Dvořák

Václav Dvořák

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Member of Orel, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Štěpán Faber, portrait photograph from the 1960s

ThMgr. Štěpán Faber

* 1947

Clergymen, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Rudolf Felzmann as a teacher in the reform school in Chrastava (1959)

Rudolf Felzmann

* 1941

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Dalibor Fencl in 1995

Dalibor Fencl

* 1966

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

Perestroika, 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, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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