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

Portrait of Ivan Látal from his photographic beginnings

Ivan Látal

* 1950

Sokol, Art and censorship

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 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

Marta Laudátová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Antonín Lébr

Antonín Lébr

* 1942 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Vilém Lederer at the end of occupation

Vilém Lederer

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 7 more anniversaries

Lucie Ledererová, Prague, 2024

Lucie Ledererová

* 1941

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Miroslav „Míša“ Leicht in his youth

Miroslav Leicht

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřich Leinweber (1962)

Jindřich Leinweber

* 1938

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Foto od O. Leisky in 1945 in Prague

Otakar Leiský

* 1925 †︎ 2020

Participant in antifascist resistance, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Writer, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2 and 4 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 6 more anniversaries

Stanislav Lekavý - childhood

Stanislav Lekavý

* 1930 †︎ 2020

Representative of the Church, Catholic clerical, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Leníček in Rájec, 1985

Ing. Jan Leníček

* 1945

Environmentalist, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 2 more anniversaries

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