A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Jaroslav Javorský wearing the "freedom hat", 2022

Jaroslav Javorský

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Political prisoner, Literature in exile

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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Luboš Jednorožec

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Milena Jelinek in her youth, approximately 1959

Milena Jelinek

* 1935 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

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Břetislav Jeník

* 1929

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Eva Jerochim in Prague in 1979

Eva Jerochim

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Pavlína Jerusalemová, née Epsteinová

Pavla Jerusalemová

* 1921 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Helena Jindáčková

* 1945 †︎ 2025

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Sportsmen

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

Milan Jiricek, ca. 1988-89

Milan Jiříček

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Eva Jiřičná (1960s)

Professor Ing. arch. Eva Jiřičná

* 1939

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of 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

Josef Jiřičný

Josef Jiřičný

* 1951

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Scientist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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