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

Hermína Domácí, 1943

Hermína Domácí

* 1940 †︎ 2024

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Domincová in 1956

Věra Domincová

* 1935

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Dopita in 1969

Jaroslav Dopita

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, 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

Witness's high school graduation photo, March 1966

Dagmar Dopitová

* 1946

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

Wedding photo of Růžena Ďorďová (1992)

Růžena Ďorďová

* 1964

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

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

Ladislav Dosedla, 1987

Ladislav Dosedla

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

With his mother and sister as a child

Josef Doškář

* 1943

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Anti-communist rebel, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 3 more anniversaries

As a young man

Jan Doskočil

* 1942 †︎ 2023

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

5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Doskočil

* 1965

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Dosoudil, late 1970s

Václav Dosoudil

* 1951

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

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