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

A photo of that time

Věra Doušová

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs

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

Miroslav Drábek, summer 1981

Miroslav Drábek

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Anti-communist rebel

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

Pavel Drábek in 2019

Pavel Drábek

* 1966

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Kamil Drabina, around 1959

Ing. Kamil Drabina

* 1946 †︎ 2020

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

Jarmila Drábková in 2020

Jarmila Drábková

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Drachová, 2019

Jarmila Drachová

* 1934

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Ota Dračka's high school graduation photo, 1974

Ota Dračka

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Environmentalist, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

In Mariánské Lázně, 1947

Jana Drahokoupilová

* 1938

Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Drahoňovský (2nd from right) with friends in the Luzicke Mountains, 1980s.

Jiří Drahoňovský

* 1954

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Jaroslav Drahoš, early 1970s

Ing. Jaroslav Drahoš

* 1967

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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