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

Jindřich Fencl at about 50 years of age

Jindřich Fencl

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Sokol

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 10 more anniversaries

Bohuslav Fencl – speaker at a rally during the Velvet Revolution, Vysoké Mýto

Bohuslav Fencl

* 1942

Politician, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

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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Mojmír Fencl

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

The wedding of Alena and Martin Fendrych on 6 October 1980

Martin Fendrych

* 1957

Dissident, Journalist, Politician, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Miloš Fiala in 1971

Ing., Mgr., PhDr. Miloš Fiala

* 1941

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jan Fiala as a soldier

Jan Fiala

* 1943

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

Jan Fiala, 1970´s

Jan Fiala

* 1952

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Fiala, 1960s

professor PhDr., CSc. Jiří Fiala

* 1944

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor, A cultural celebrity

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

Pavel Fiala in 2019

Mgr. Pavel Fiala

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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