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

M.Dvorak - photo 1

Miloš Dvořák

* 1939 †︎ 2025

A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

In my youth

Otomar Dvořák

* 1951

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Stanislav Dvořák in his youth

Ing. Stanislav Dvořák

* 1928

Bulgaria, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Ludmila Dvořáková, graduation photo, 1958

Ludmila Dvořáková

* 1941 †︎ 2026

Paměť českých neslyšících, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial and 3 more anniversaries

Věra Dvořáková (en)

Věra Dvořáková

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Jana Dvorská during her time working at the Gymnasium in Teplice

Jana Dvorská

* 1960 †︎ 2023

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

Michael Dymáček, published in samizdat under the name of the author

Michael Dymáček

* 1943

Dissident, Politician, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 5 more anniversaries

Jan Dytrych in Ústí nad Labem, where he joined the food processing company Setuza

Jan Dytrych

* 1954

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Relative of a political prisoner, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Krista Dytrychová at the Karlovy Vary airport in the 1970s

Krista Dytrychová

* 1949

Cuba, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Wehrmacht soldier

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Hijacking of CSA flight OK096 to Germany (8.6.1970), 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Bohuslav Ebermann

Mgr. Bohuslav Ebermann

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, The Sportsmen

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

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