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Vera Egermayer in 2024

Věra Egermayerová

* 1940

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Emmer, school-leaving photo, 1970

Vladimír Emmer

* 1952

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 1 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Dagmar Emmerová

Dagmar Emmerová

* 1954

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Etzler, 1971, Ostrava

Tomáš Etzler

* 1963

Journalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Martin Fafejta during filming, 2018

Martin Fafejta

* 1968

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Leopold

Leopold Färber

* 1928 †︎ 2015

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Holocaust and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 1 more anniversaries

Rudolf Felzmann as a teacher in the reform school in Chrastava (1959)

Rudolf Felzmann

* 1941

A cultural celebrity, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Relatives of important personalities, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jindřich Fencl at about 50 years of age

Jindřich Fencl

* 1934

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

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 10 more anniversaries

Boleslav Fiala - 1962

Boleslav Fiala

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Moravian Croats, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Pavel Fiala in 2019

Mgr. Pavel Fiala

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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