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Jiří Nor, the Maturita Exam photo, Prague 1957

Ing. Jiří Nor

* 1939

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

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

Øyvind Nordsletten, Prague 2023

Øyvind Nordsletten

* 1944

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Norway

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

A photo of Mína Norlin at that time from a trip to Kurdistan, summer 1990

Mína Norlin

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Karel Nováček (between 1950 and 1953)

Karel Nováček

* 1929 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák

2635-portrait_former.jpg (historic)

Jiří Novák

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Robert Novák, 1989, historical photo

Mgr. Robert Novák

* 1967 †︎ 1967

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Nováková, in Bráník- Prague, 50th

Věra Nováková

* 1928 †︎ 2024

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship, Artists

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, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 1 more anniversaries

Jana Novotná's high school graduation photograph, latter 1950s

Jana Novotná

* 1943

Diplomat, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Prague Palach Week, Petr Novotný, January 1989 (P. Hrabalík archive)

Petr Novotný

* 1966

Dissident, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Róbert Novotný

Róbert Novotný

* 1963

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel

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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