A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee | Memory of Nations

Alexandr Tomský, in his youth

Alexander Tomský

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jiří Trnka in 2021

Jiří Trnka

* 1971

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 2 more anniversaries

Jiri Tucek_1972 (Privatarchiv Tucek).jpg (historic)

Jiří Tuček

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jaroslava Tvrzníková, Munich 1983

Mgr. Jaroslava Tvrzníková

* 1940

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Tyl, 1980s

Jan Tyl

* 1956

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Emigrant, Repatriated

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Witness during the studies at high school

Prof. Ing., CSc. Jaromír Ulbrecht

* 1928

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Bohuš in Austria 1952

Bohuslav Úlehla

* 1927

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria

Portrait of the witness, created in 1965 on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the end of World War II, Smena magazine, author Slávo Kalný

MUDr. Eva Mária Umlauf

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Forced labour during the WW2, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29 August 1944 - Release of Jews from the Nováky concentration camp, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 2 more anniversaries

Hanka at the time when she was preparing for her journey to England

Hana Utitz-Raz

* 1926

Israel/Palestine, Winton’s Children, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Karel Vachek during the interview with Post Bellum

Karel Vachek

* 1940 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

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