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

Oldřich Jelínek in 1943

Oldřich Jelínek

* 1926

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Pavel Jelínek, around 1960

Ing. Pavel Jelínek

* 1935

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeněk Jelínek, 1960s

Mgr. Zdeněk Jelínek

* 1932 †︎ 2024

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Zdeněk Jelínek

* 1957

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground and 4 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Barbora Jelínková, nee. Hrůzová, shortly after her arrival in Bohemia, 1950

Barbora Jelínková

* 1930

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 3 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photo of Berta Jelínková, Cheb, 1952

Berta Jelínková

* 1933

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 3 more categories

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Jelínková during filming for Memory of the Nation, 2023

PhDr. Marie Jelínková

* 1937

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

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

Ivana Jelínková in 1991

Mgr. Ivana Jelínková

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jana Jelínková at the time of the interview (2025)

PhDr. Jana Jelínková

* 1936

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Soňa Jelínková (Straková)

Soňa Jelínková

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 5 more anniversaries

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