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

Jiří Janů in 2025

Jiří Janů

* 1966

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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Přemysl Janýr

* 1949

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 4 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Jařab in 2018

Professor Josef Jařab

* 1937 †︎ 2023

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

8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Jarolím (en)

Ing. Jan Jarolím

* 1946

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Olga Jaroňová, 1958

Olga Jaroňová

* 1930

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Milan Jaroš in the Eye Direct studio, 14 March 2022

Milan Jaroš

* 1951

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

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

Current photo

Herbert Jarošek

* 1925 †︎ 2016

A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, Sokol

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 4 more anniversaries

Helena Jarošová at a young age during her university studies, 1950s

MUDr. Helena Jarošová

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Jarošová, Telč, 1970

Jaroslava Jarošová

* 1940

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

On a contemporary picture

Štěpánka Jarůšková

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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