17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period | Memory of Nations

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

Jana Dvořáková during the filming for Memory of Nation, Jihlava, July 2025

Jana Dvořáková

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 1 more anniversaries

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

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

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

Ladislav Faktor, 1975

JUDr. Ladislav Faktor

* 1957

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Fassmann in the army, 1952-1954

Ing. Jiří Fassman

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Rudolf Felzmann as a teacher in the reform school in Chrastava (1959)

Rudolf Felzmann

* 1941

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Witness in her youth

Mgr. Dagmar Ferebauerová

* 1930

Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 5 more anniversaries

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