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

Historical photograph of Milan Uhlíř

Milan Uhlíř

* 1931

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

František Uhlíř - flat track, early 1960s

František Uhlíř

* 1938

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, The Sportsmen, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Uhlíř in 2025

Ing. Jan Uhlíř

* 1944

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ

Saša Uhlová, Prague, 2024

Saša Uhlová

* 1977

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

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

Jaromir Ulc in the army sergeant, radio operator

Major Jaromír Ulč

* 1950 †︎ 2016

A communist interrogator, A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Oldřich Uličný, secondary school graduation photo, 1954

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Oldřich Uličný

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Ulrich during his high school studies

Vladimír Ulrich

* 1939

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marcela Ulrichová, circa 1959

Marcela Ulrichová

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ungar Jan, 1960

Jan Ungár

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

During his studies at the Faculty of Forestry at the Czech Technical University, turn of the 50s and 60s

František Urban

* 1937

Environmentalist, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Boy Scouts

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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