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18-years-old František Lízna, high-school graduation, city of Jevíčko

František Lízna

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Johannes Lobkowicz, Prague 2022

Johannes Lobkowicz

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Nobility

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Otokar Löbl during Eye Direct recording in Prague, 2022

Otokar Löbl

* 1950

Germany, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sudeten Germans

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Katarína as a high school student.

Mgr. Katarína Lokšová-Ráczová

* 1950

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, National minorities, The Sportsmen

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Gérard London

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Lorencová Anna,2014

Anna Lorencová

* 1927 †︎ 2018

Holocaust, Theresienstadt Ghetto

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Witness Július Lőrincz

Július Lőrincz

* 1944

Official in JZD, Communist official, Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Farmer

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Luers Wendy

Wendy Luers

* 1940

Relatives of important personalities, Diplomat, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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

Juraj Lukáč during eyd recording

Juraj Lukáč

* 1954

Environmentalist, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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