1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis

1962

Vlasta hlávková in 1984

Vlasta Hlávková

* 1943

Official in JZD, Parašutisté vycvičení během druhé světové války ve Velké Británii, Participant in antifascist resistance, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Naděžda Hubáčková in 2021

Naděžda Hubáčková

* 1947

People helping Jews during WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Jiří Ježek on Il-18 bomber in Hradec Králové, circa 1965

Jiří Ježek

* 1941

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 5 more anniversaries

Jiří Jiránek in 2021

Ing. Jiří Jiránek

* 1942

Environmentalist, Memory of vanished settlements, Politician, Scientist

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Ivan Kalina, high school graduation, Pilsen, 1960

Ivan Kalina

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, A cultural celebrity

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 4 more anniversaries

Oldřich Kašpar in the garden of his family home in the mid-1960s

Professor Oldřich Kašpar

* 1952

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Scientist, University professor

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Kovář

Vladimír Kovář

* 1942

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Jaroslav Kucirek in 1954

MUDr. Jaroslav Kučírek

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Mánek, 1962

Pplk.v.v. Miroslav Mánek

* 1935

GDR - outgoing passengers, Déclassé, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 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

Profesor Bohumil Nuska in 2019

Professor, PhDr. Bohumil Nuska , CSc.

* 1932

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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