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

PhD graduation ceremony, 1968

PhDr. Hana Junová, roz. Smržová

* 1937 †︎ 2021

Holocaust, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

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

Jitka Juráčková in elementary school in Holice in 2021

Jitka Juračková

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jan Jurášek in 2020

Jan Jurášek

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Ludmila Jurásková with her parents and sisters in 1956

Ludmila Jurásková

* 1944

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vlasta Jurášková in 2020

Vlasta Jurášková

* 1940

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Partisan, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Photho from Marián Jurčák ID

Ing. Marián Jurčák

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Norbert Jurček in the first half of the 1960s as a soldier during the compulsory military service

Norbert Jurček

* 1943

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Zdislav Jurčík in 2023

Zdislav Jurčík

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Mária Jurčová

* 1934

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

Lviv in the times of the Second World War 1939-1945, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Jurečka as a senator in 1996

Ing. Jaroslav Jurečka

* 1943

Dissident, Déclassé, Politician, Scientist

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 4 more anniversaries

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