17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Moris Issa, current photography

Master of Fine Arts Moris Issa

* 1946

Journalist, Art and censorship

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

Witness Jozef Istenes during eyd recording in 2023

Ing. arch. Jozef Istenes

* 1953

Hungary, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation and 5 more categories

2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Clara Istlerová in 1950 during calligraphy

Clara Istlerová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Sr. Oľga Iváková - 1990s

Oľga Iváková

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Jáčová in 1958

Marie Jáčová

* 1932

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Stanislava Jägerová, a portrait

Stanislava Jägerová

* 1938

A communist prosecutor, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Jagr in the Memory of the Nation studio, November 2022

Jaroslav Jágr

* 1932

Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 4 more anniversaries

Jitka and her parents, Marie and Edvard, in Prague in 1943

Jitka Jágrová

* 1939

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, University professor and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Ludmila Jahnová / 1970

Ludmila Jahnová

* 1951

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marian Jahoda on electric guitar accompanying the St. Cyril and Metodius church choir, Olomouc-Hejcin, 1971

Marian Jahoda

* 1953

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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