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Petr Sýkora

* 1952

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

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Vladislav Sysel

* 1922 †︎ 2019

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Forced labour during the WW2, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 2 more categories

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Jakub Szántó at the Václav Havel Library, 2020

Jakub Szántó

* 1977

Journalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Agathe Széchényi as a second grade pupil. Portugal, 1969

Agathe Széchényi

* 1962

Nobility, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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

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Lothar Szielasko

* 1935

Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), East German Refugee, Germany

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Artistic portrait of Zuzana Tajek Piešová

Zuzana Tajek Piešová

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Arpád Tarnóczy

Arpád Tarnóczy

* 1936

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), People helping Jews during WWII, Underage political prisoners, Diplomat

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Evdochia Tătaru

* 1926

Bulgaria, Victim of forced relocation, Moldova

1948 - 1955 - Tito - Stalin split, 1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Drahomíra Urbanová, married name Tejklová, 1974

Drahomíra Tejklová

* 1956

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Mgr. Jana Teššerová

* 1948

Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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