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

Pavel Císovský in Ostrava in June 2019

Pavel Cisovský

* 1943

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

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

Hubert Čížek in 2022

Ing. Hubert Čížek CSc.

* 1941

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Environmentalist, Scientist

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

Iveta Clarke

Iveta Clarke

* 1963

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Marek Čmelík, 1970s

Marek Čmelík

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Witness Eduard Čonka - 18 years old

Mgr. Eduard Čonka

* 1966

National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Václava Čoudková, 2024

Václava Čoudková

* 1950

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

Zdeňka Coufalová, née Kopecká

Zdeňka Coufalová

* 1958

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Marie Čovejová / around the year 1980

Marie Čovejová

* 1963

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Božena Csoroszová / about 1954

Božena Csoroszová

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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Tomáš Ctibor

* 1963

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

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

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