18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation | Memory of Nations

jana n2.JPG (historic)

Jana Náprstková, roz. Chvátalová

* 1950

The underground, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

Charlie Soukup's mill, Alsace

Richard Julius Nemčok

* 1954

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Výjimečný stav v Polsku and 2 more anniversaries

Dana Němcová 1952

Dana Němcová

* 1934 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 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 8 more anniversaries

Jiří Němeček at the army in 1969/70

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jiří Němeček

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Dieter Neumann, latter 1940s

Dieter Neumann

* 1944 †︎ 2025

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Holocaust, National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps

Serving in the army

Miloš Nevoral

* 1929

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 7 more anniversaries

Miloň Novák at the time of his graduation in 1965

Miloň Novák

* 1947

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jaroslav Novotný

Jaroslav Novotný

* 1939

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

In youth

Josef Nový

* 1938

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Profesor Bohumil Nuska in 2019

Professor, PhDr. Bohumil Nuska , CSc.

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Historian, Boy Scouts, Writer, Scientist

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. – 14. 4. 1950 – "Action K" – forceful concentration of Czech monks, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

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