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

Josef Londa in 1968

Josef Londa

* 1951

Victim of Stalinist persecution in Ukraine, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Partisan and 6 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 8 more anniversaries

Jan Lorenz in 1955, Sydney, Australia

Jan Lorenz

* 1924

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Zpravodajská brigáda 1939 - 1945

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

Witness Július Lőrincz

Július Lőrincz

* 1944

Official in JZD, Communist official, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Lorman

Jan Lorman

* 1946

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jiří Loskot

Jiří Loskot

* 1931

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Petr Loubal as a high school student, graduation photograph, 1951

Petr Loubal

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Czech community in the US and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Loučím, 1968

Ing. Jan Loučím

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Loucká, 2025

Marie Loucká

* 1935

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner

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

Bohumil Loucký in 1977

Bohumil Loucký

* 1962

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Louda, 1974

Petr Louda

* 1958

National minorities, Politician, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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