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

The witness as a young boy, around the turn of the 50s and 60s

Ing. Jiří Kubík

* 1941

Member of an Illegal Church, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Svědci Jehovovi, Witness of local events from the Communist era, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kubík as a clown at his solo performance in Germany

Jaroslav Kubík

* 1939 †︎ 2020

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Sokol, The Sportsmen, 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, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

During a trip to Western Europe. Amsterdam, 1969

Lubomír Kubík

* 1945

Relatives of important personalities, Writer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jarmila Kubíková, June 2022

Doc. RNDr., Csc. Jarmila Kubíková

* 1933

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Milada Kubíková-Šťastný

* 1943

Emigrant, Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

As a Staff Sergeant in 1968

Stanislav Kubín

* 1943

Déclassé, Politician, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaroslav Kubín, 1965

JUDr. Jaroslav Kubín

* 1947

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

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Petr Kubín

Petr Kubín

* 1962

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Zuzana Balciarová, mother of witness

Lýdia Kubincová

* 1939

People helping Jews during WWII, Non-Catholic clerical, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Hidden people

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

A photograph of a high school graduate Jaroslav Kubínek

Jaroslav Kubínek

* 1940

Communist official

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

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