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

Hana Lapková

Hana Lapková

* 1934

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Milan Lasica in theatre (foto Ctibor Bachratý)

Milan Lasica

* 1940 †︎ 2021

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dagmar Lastovecká at the age of 18

JUDr. Dagmar Lastovecká

* 1951

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Martin Laštovička on the photo from the time of the Velvet Revolution

Ing. arch. Martin Laštovička

* 1965

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait of Ivan Látal from his photographic beginnings

Ivan Látal

* 1950

Sokol, Art and censorship

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 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

Hans Lau with his brother Heinz as a Wehrmacht lance corporal in 1943

Hans Lau

* 1938

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

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

Interpretation of the flag, 80s

Otis Laubert

* 1946

Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

Marta Laudátová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Alena Laufrová, 1978

ak. malířka Alena Laufrová

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, Art and censorship, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Tatjana Lazorčáková during recording of her interview

Professor, PhDr. Tatjana Lazorčáková

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, 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 , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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