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

1974 - top page photo

Antonie Fryštacká

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Member of Orel, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 5 more anniversaries

Ing. Ľubomír Ftáčnik

* 1957

The Sportsmen, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Fuchs in 2024

Jiří Fuchs

* 1965

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The underground

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

Zdeňka Fučíková in 1953

Zdeňka Simone Fučíková

* 1930

France, Emigrant, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1940 - The Battle of France, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Erika Fuksová (on right) during a ball in 1962

Erika Fuksová

* 1934

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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

07 - Jan Fulin - young

Jan Fulín

* 1938

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

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

Dalibor Funda in 1968

Dalibor Funda

* 1955

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Funk 24 years old

Ing. Karel Funk

* 1948

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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

Roman Fürst, 1969

Roman Fürst

* 1944

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ and 4 more anniversaries

1973, Ivan Gabal, the case of the hopeless photographer

PhDr. Ivan Gabal

* 1951

Dissident, National minorities, Politician, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 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, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

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