A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Jaromír Navrátil as a student in Canada

Bachelor Jaromír Navrátil

* 1924 †︎ 2019

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Forced labour during the WW2, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jiří Navrátil, 2017

Jiří Navrátil

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Boy Scouts

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Miloš Navrátil, 1953

Milos Anthony Navratil

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha at Military Service in 1965

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha

* 1945 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At the end of 1960s

Jiří Neduha

* 1949

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petr Nejtek in 2025

Ing. Petr Nejtek

* 1941

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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

Alfred Neudörfer in the Memory of Nation studio

Alfred Neudörfer

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Neumann, 1985

Jaroslav Neumann

* 1948

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

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

Dobové foto.jpg (historic)

Mina Neustadt

* 1948

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

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

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