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

Rostislav Čurda at a concert in Kobylisy in 1983

Rostislav Čurda

* 1957

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

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miloš, Prague 1964

Miloš Čuřík

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Young scientist Ladislav Cvak, 1970s

Ing. Ladislav Cvak

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

Vratislav Cvejn in 1976

Vratislav Cvejn

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Martin Cvrček as assistant supervisor of the military unit in Sázava in 1987

Ing. Martin Cvrček

* 1960

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

Zdeněk Cvrk

Zdeněk Cvrk

* 1933

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Czerneková (Kozmiková), mid 1950s

Ludmila Czerneková

* 1936

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Volhynian Czechs

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Czernin Theobald

Theobald Czernin

* 1936 †︎ 2015

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Tomáš Czernin during the recording

Tomáš Czernin

* 1962

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Nobility

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

Period photography of Vladimír Czumalo, 1982

PhDr. Vladimír Czumalo , CSc.

* 1954 †︎ 2024

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

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

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