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

Jan Hyliš in August 2019

Jan Hyliš

* 1954

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Hynek in 2024

Josef Hynek

* 1947

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tamara Igoľnicynová as a young girl

PaedDr. Tamara Igoľnicynová

* 1955

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Participant in the Slovak national uprising

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness as a member of the team VSŽ Košice in the year 1981

Miroslav Ihnačák

* 1962

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Ihnat

Jan Ihnát

* 1950

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Friars, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zbyněk Illek, 1983-1984. Photo: Jan Schýbal

Zbyněk Illek

* 1954

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, Artists

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

Helena Illnerová

Prof. RnDr., DrSc Helena Illnerová

* 1937

Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

24. 11. 1941 - The first transport to the Theresienstadt, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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Jiří Imlauf

* 1966

A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Frantisek Ingr, 1990

František Ingr

* 1949

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Innemann in 2025

František Innemann

* 1947

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Charter 77 signatory, Political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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