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

Anne Dastakian (2025)

Anne Dastakian

* 1959

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, France

2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Armenian Genocide

Moravský Karlov around 1910

Erich David

* 1939

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan David in a graduation photo in 1958

Ing. Jan David

* 1940

Déclassé, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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

Jiří David as a child, the 1960s

Jiří David

* 1956

Art and censorship, The underground, Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

The wedding of Miroslav David and Vlastimila Vlčková / 1948

Miroslav David

* 1924 †︎ 2023

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Davidovič, 24 years old

Ladislav Davidovič

* 1936

Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 6 more anniversaries

Barbara Day, portrét

Barbara Day

* 1944

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor and 3 more categories

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

Jindřiška Deáková née Wilková before her marriage in 1953

Jindřiška Deáková

* 1934

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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

Jan Decker

Jan Decker

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Forced labour during the WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), The Sportsmen

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Jiří Dědeček in the 1980s

Master of Fine Arts Jiří Dědeček

* 1953

Art and censorship

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

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