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Jaroslav Hutka

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, The underground and 5 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Hynková - 1950

Jaroslava Hynková

* 1935

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Dimitrios Ioakimidis

Dimitrios Ioakimidis

* 1933

Greece, Emigrant, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

28.10.194 - 23.4.1941 Greek- Italian war, 6.4. - 23.4.1941 Battle of Greece, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Witness Štefan Dušan Ivan monument during the eyd recording in 2023.

Štefan Dušan Ivan

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Jager, September 2022, Eibenthal

Jan Jager

* 1955

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Radivoj, student of theology, Leningrad 1949

Radivoj Arcibiskup Simeon Jakovljevič

* 1926 †︎ 2024

Representative of the Church, A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jacek Jakubiec in 2025

Mgr. Ing. Jacek Jakubiec

* 1943

Poland, Environmentalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

The memoirist, together with her grandchild, shortly after the death of her husband, therefore has a black scarf tied on her head to express her sadness, 1989

Amálie Jakubovská

* 1940

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

Theodor Jan, 1960

Ing. Theodor Jan

* 1935

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

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

František Janačík

* 1969

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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