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

František Příhoda in slalom at the 1956 Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo

František Příhoda

* 1921 †︎ 2022

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen, Austria, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Hana Přikrylová at her graduation in Karolinum, 1969

Hana Přikrylová

* 1944

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A young married couple Princes

Mgr. Květoslava Princová

* 1950

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan as a small boy

Jan Procházka

* 1955

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

Petr Procházka in his racing jersey

Petr Procházka

* 1964

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Bohumír Procházka at the Jan Žižka Military School in 1956

Ing. Bohumír Procházka

* 1940

Journalist, Writer, 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

At the military service, March 10, 1953

Jaromír Procházka

* 1937

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

As a soldier

Jiří Procházka

* 1924

Non-Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Ludvík Procházka, Prague, mid-1970s

Ludvík Procházka

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Vlastimil Procházka at a concert in Mutěnice

Vlastimil Procházka

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

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