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

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

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

Staša Fleischmannová

Staša Fleischmannová

* 1919 †︎ 2020

Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 6 more anniversaries

Annotation photo Anny Holatková (Foglové)

Anna Foglová

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Czech minority in the former USSR, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Memory of vanished settlements and 4 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR and 3 more anniversaries

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Nadežda Földváriová, rod. Pavlíková

* 1933

Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Foll in 1970

PhDr. Jan Foll

* 1951 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, 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 , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 5 more anniversaries

Ivana Follová at the press conference of the "Professional Woman" project

Ivana Follová

* 1955

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Fořt, Bígr

Václav Fořt

* 1944 †︎ 2021

Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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