1989 - The fall of the iron curtain | Memory of Nations

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

Ingeborg Fialová receiving the Kurt Schubert Commemorative Award

Ingeborg Fialová

* 1961

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

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

Gerhard Fink, Prague, 2024

Gerhard Fink

* 1965

Germany, GDR - outgoing passengers, The ransom of political prisoners in the GDR

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jana Fischerová, Hřebečná, 1951

Jana Fischerová

* 1941

Victim of forced relocation, Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

As a young man

Jiří Fisher

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

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

Miroslav Fleischman at the age of two years

Miroslav Fleischman

* 1969

Dissident, Politician, Anti-communist rebel

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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