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

Miroslav Fleischman at the age of two years

Miroslav Fleischman

* 1969

Dissident, Politician, Anti-communist rebel

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

František Fleischmann as a ship boy in uniform, 1967

František Fleischmann

* 1946

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Fleischmann in 1986

Petr Fleischmann

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohumil Flemming

Bohumil Flemming

* 1921

Scientist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 7 more anniversaries

Jan Foll in 1970

PhDr. Jan Foll

* 1951 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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 , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 5 more anniversaries

Ivana Follová at the press conference of the "Professional Woman" project

Ivana Follová

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

Libor Foltman (standing in the centre of the middle row) at a summer racing event on plastic in Liberec. 1970 World Champion from the High Tatras Ladislav Rygl is bottom right, 1969

Libor Foltman

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Pavol Foltýn in 2022

Pavol Foltýn

* 1952

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

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

Aloisie Foltýnková / around 1957

Aloisie Foltýnková

* 1935

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlasta Forejtová, 1956

Vlasta Forejtová

* 1938

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Political prisoner in WW2 and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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