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

Ervin Eichner in 2019

Ervin Eichner

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Bata school Graduate, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Terezie Zuzana Eisnerová (b. 1978)

Terezie Zuzana Eisnerová

* 1955

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Friars, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 1 more anniversaries

Joas Ekhandjo

Joas Ekhandjo

* 1977

Namibia

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

Martha Elefteriadu in archive photo

Martha Elefteriadu

* 1946

National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vojtěch Eliáš in 2024

Dr. Vojtěch Eliáš

* 1967

Clergymen, Catholic clerical, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A photo of that time

Bohuslav Eliáš

* 1937

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Catholic clerical, Boy Scouts and 3 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

Jaroslav Eliáš in childhood, 1940s

Jaroslav Eliáš

* 1940 †︎ 2025

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Karel Elias

Karel Eliáš

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Contemporary photo - 1953

Václav Eliáš

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Underage political prisoners, Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Josefa Pavelcová on the graduation tableau, 1963

Mgr. Josefa Eliášová

* 1945

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer, Relative of a political prisoner

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

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