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

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

Ingrid Fotino at the time of her arrest

Ingrid Alina Fotino (născută Popa)

* 1940

Romania, Illegal border crossing

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Pavel Frait in the bar in Hradce Králové at New Years Eve in 1989

Pavel Frait

* 1961

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 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

Vladimír Frenzl in the army (served in 1974-1976)

Vladimír Frenzl

* 1953

Memory of vanished settlements, Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Ing. Igor Frič

* 1955

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

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