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

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Milan Kolář

* 1933 †︎ 2015

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Life along the Iron Curtain

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

A photo from 1987

Ing. Milan Kolář

* 1953

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Petr Kolář in 1968

Petr Kolář

* 1941 †︎ 2023

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Friars, Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Petr Kolář in 1998

PhDr. Petr Kolář

* 1962

Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week and 2 more anniversaries

Radim Kolář, 2024

Radim Kolář

* 1956

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

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Kolář in 1956

Vladimír Kolář

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Farmer, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Zdeněk Kolařík with his father Emanuel, 1944, Veselí nad Moravou

Zdeněk Kolařík

* 1943

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

Koláriková Zdenka mladá

Zdenka Koláriková, rod. Kutová

* 1933

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

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Marie Kolářová, historical photo, Prague, undated

Marie Kolářová

* 1929

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Graduation photo of Natalija Kolářová, then Tomášková

Natalija Kolářová

* 1940

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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