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Peter Johanek, Prague, 2022

Professor, Dr. Peter Johanek

* 1937

Germany, Victim of forced relocation, Sudeten Germans, University professor

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jana Jonáková in 1963

Master of Fine Arts Jana Jonáková

* 1946

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Contemporary photo of Ivan Jonáš

Mgr. Ivan Jonáš

* 1942

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

5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Hana Jonášová in 2023

Hana Jonášová

* 1950

Paměť českých neslyšících, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Zacharula Jordanidu

Zacharula Jordanidu

* 1948

National minorities, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1949 Greek civil war

Josef Josefík in 1990

PhDr. Josef Josefík

* 1949

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Jungmann

Pavel Jungmann

* 1956

Dissident, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Helena Juráčková

* 1946

People helping Jews during WWII, Relatives of important personalities

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Graduation photo of Vera Juraskova (Markova) in 1956

Věra Jurásková

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

Photho from Marián Jurčák ID

Ing. Marián Jurčák

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

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