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Memoir shortly after emigration, Vienna, 1977

Josef Kyska

* 1954

Member of an Illegal Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer

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, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Mária Labayová

* 1953

The Sportsmen

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

Oldřich Lacina (far right) on a military mission in Namibia, Africa, 1989, seated next to the mission chief Lieutenant General P. Chand

Ing., Colonel Oldřich Lacina

* 1954

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Israel/Palestine, War veteran after 1989, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia, Life along the Iron Curtain and 1 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Ladislav Lakomý

Ladislav Lakomý

* 1929 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Vladimír Lakva -1976

Vladimír Lakva

* 1942

Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Wedding photo, Antonín Lamplot and Libuše Kubíková, April 21, 1964

Antonín Lamplot

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Official in JZD, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relative of a political prisoner and 4 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

Hana Lancikova, 1968

Hana Lančíková

* 1938

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Tomáš Lánczos as a student of geochemistry at Comenius University

Mgr. Tomáš Lánczos Ph.D.

* 1966

Environmentalist, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, University professor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

First visit to Prague in 1971

Madeleine Landoltová

* 1945

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Witness - Tomáš Lang

Tomáš Lang

* 1942

Hungary, Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner

25 December 1944 - 13 February 1945 Siege of Budapest, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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