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Ivan Letko 3

Ivan Letko

* 1934 †︎ 2024

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Alexander Levitsky (the 1980s)

Alexander Levitsky Ph.D.

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, University professor and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

As a boy

Ing. Petr Lewi

* 1933

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Relatives of important personalities, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 9 more anniversaries

Karel Ležák.jpg (historic)

Karel Ležák

* 1928

Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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, 7. 11. 1917 - October Revolution in Russia

Kamil Lhoták the younger, far left. Photograph from the 1970's

Kamil Lhoták

* 1941

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 8 more anniversaries

Emil Liebermann in 2021

Emil Liebermann CSc.

* 1937

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, University professor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hans Adam II., 2018

Hans Adam II. Liechtenstein

* 1945

Liechtenstein, Relatives of important personalities, Nobility, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Portrait 2

Peter Lipa

* 1943

Holocaust, Hidden people, A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

During the production of the bust in the Kolín studio

František Lipenský

* 1932 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII, National minorities and 7 more categories

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 6 more anniversaries

Miroslav Liška

Miroslav Liška

* 1949

Volhynian Czechs, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

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