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

Pavla Erbanová, Prague, 2024

RNDr. Pavla Erbanová

* 1950

Déclassé, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zlata Erbanová in her youth

Zlata Erbanová

* 1944

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Graduation photo, 1971

MUDr. Rita Erbenová

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Květa Eretová in the 1960ss

Květa Eretová

* 1926 †︎ 2021

The Sportsmen

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

Marta Ernyeiová, b. 1962

Marta Ernyeiová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jan Erychleb in the Memory of Nations studio in 2023

Jan Erychleb

* 1946 †︎ 2023

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, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Petr Esterka

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical and 4 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Pauková, married name Ettelová, 1959

Věra Ettelová

* 1942

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Exner, 1939

Karel Exner

* 1920 †︎ 2022

Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milan Exner, 2023

Milan Exner

* 1948

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

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