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

Graduation photograph, 1956

Zdeňka Dvořáčková

* 1937

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Dušan Dvořák, photo for ID card, 1977, Olomouc

Mgr. Dušan Dvořák

* 1962

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Josef Dvořák in 1946, high school graduation photograph

Ing. Josef Dvořák

* 1927

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness in a coat from Tuzex, Prague, 1967

Miroslav Dvořák

* 1948

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

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

Bohuslav Dvořák in 2022

Ing. Major General Bohuslav Dvořák

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 22. 4. 1996. - 10. 6. 1999. Kosovská válka , 24. 3. – 10. 6. 1999 - NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Jan Dvořák

* 1973

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Detail of a photograph from a private forbidden board (1974)

PhDr. Jiří Dvořák

* 1955

Historian, People helping Jews during WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Dvořák as a young man

Josef Dvořák

* 1942

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

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libor Dvořák in 2023

Mgr. Libor Dvořák

* 1948

Journalist, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Martin Dvořák as a Scout boy, 1968

Ing. Martin Dvořák

* 1956

Diplomat, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

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