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

Zuzana Lejsková in the year 2021

Zuzana Lejsková

* 1954

A warder in a communist prison, Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Elena Letňanová during a concert in the American city of Dayton (1989)

Elena Letňanová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 2 more anniversaries

As a boy

Ing. Petr Lewi

* 1933

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

Jiří Lexa, circa 1958

Jiří Lexa

* 1941

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Kamil Lhoták the younger, far left. Photograph from the 1970's

Kamil Lhoták

* 1941

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 8 more anniversaries

Picture from ID

Jaroslav Abbé Libánský

* 1952

Charter 77 signatory, The underground, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Marta Lickova, 2018

Marta Ličková, rod. Sluková

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

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

Marta Lihotská (50´s)

Marta Lihotská, rod. Kobelová

* 1933

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 3 more categories

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Eva Linhartová in 2024

Eva Linhartová

* 1963

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Karel Lippmann in 1971

Mgr. Karel Lippmann

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

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