21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops | Memory of Nations

Cutout of a portrait photograph of Jiří Jaroš, 1947

Jiří Jaroš

* 1929

Spolupracovník Vojenské kontrarozvědky, Forced labour during the WW2, Victim of forced relocation, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Sudeten Germans and 2 more categories

March 1945 - the occupation of Upper Silesia by the Soviet army, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories and 4 more anniversaries

Milan Jaroš in the Eye Direct studio, 14 March 2022

Milan Jaroš

* 1951

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Jarošová at a young age during her university studies, 1950s

MUDr. Helena Jarošová

* 1937

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

In her youth

Jaromíra Jarošová

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Jarošová, Telč, 1970

Jaroslava Jarošová

* 1940

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

On a contemporary picture

Štěpánka Jarůšková

* 1938

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Jarý as Handball Player of the Year 1974

Vladimír Jarý

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich and 1 more anniversaries

Ľudovít Jaššík

Ľudovít Jaššík

* 1932

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Petr Jauker after the military service, 1971

Petr Jauker

* 1950

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, 30. 3. 1974 - rozehnání koncertu Plastic People a DG 307 v Rudolfově

Jaroslav Javorský wearing the "freedom hat", 2022

Jaroslav Javorský

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Political prisoner, Literature in exile

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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