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

Period photo by Jarmila Omesová

Jarmila Omesová

* 1942

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Štefan Ondirko - photography from the period of military service in PTP units (1951)

Štefan Ondirko

* 1928

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

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Ondra at a young age

Ladislav Ondra

* 1933

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

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 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

V roce 1985 dostal vyznamenání Hrdina socialistické práce

Jaroslav Ondráček

* 1941

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

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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Iva Ondráčková, Zlín, August 1941

Mgr. Iva Ondráčková

* 1937 †︎ 2022

Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František, Chodeč, 2017

František Ondrášek

* 1953

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

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Jarmila Ondrášková in 1964

Jarmila Ondrášková

* 1944 †︎ 2022

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, The Partisan, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sokol and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Metoděj Ondruch wearing army uniform. 1967

Metoděj Ondruch

* 1945

Communist official, Witness of local events from the Communist era

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

Aleš Opatrný, 1964

Mons. doc. Ing. Mgr. Aleš Opatrný , Th.D.

* 1944

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

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

Libuše Opočenská in 1944

Libuše Opočenská

* 1927 †︎ 2018

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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