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

Přemysl Tvrdoň as an employee of Brno Printing Works

Přemysl Tvrdoň

* 1944

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

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

Jaroslava Tvrzníková, Munich 1983

Mgr. Jaroslava Tvrzníková

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Tydlitátová, 1976

Mgr. Věra Tydlitátová

* 1959

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

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, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Marie Tykalová, 2018

Marie Tykalová

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Typlt in the 1950s at the ZPA Nová Paka plant

Jiří Typlt

* 1929

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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

Petr Tyráček in band Dynamic, New Year's Eve ROH, 1974

Ing. Petr Tyráček

* 1946

A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

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

Milan Uhde, 1963

Milan Uhde

* 1936

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 4 more categories

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, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 5 more anniversaries

older photograph

Ing. Petr Uhl

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 4 more anniversaries

Blahoslav Uhlár

* 1951 †︎ 2024

Artists, Art and censorship

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

Božena Kubáňová, aunt of Alice Uhlářová, WWII resistance member. 1940's

Alice Uhlářová

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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

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