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

Josef Čermák

Professor Josef Čermák

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Child photo of Kristina Cerna

Kristina Černá

* 1959

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Gustav Černý after the war as 25 years old

Gustav Černý

* 1936

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements, Boy Scouts, Sokol and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising and 10 more anniversaries

Jiří Černý, period photograph

professor PhDr., CSc. Jiří Černý

* 1936

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Černý during the Velvet Revolution

Jiří Černý

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Art and censorship, Journalist

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 1 more anniversaries

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Jan Čeřovský

* 1930 †︎ 2017

Boy Scouts, Diplomat, Scientist, The topic of security forces before 1989

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

Marta Červená

Marta Červená

* 1954

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Friars, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jana Červenková

Mgr. Jana Červenková

* 1939

Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 3 more anniversaries

Arnošt Červinka in 1964

Arnošt Červinka

* 1939 †︎ 2025

Member of Orel, Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 4 more anniversaries

Vladimíra Cetkovská, 2021

Mgr. Vladimíra Cetkovská

* 1941

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

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