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

Emil Lupač in the workshop during the making of a musical instrument

Emil Lupač

* 1935

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

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

Anna Luptáková

Anna Luptáková

* 1940

National minorities, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Memory of vanished settlements, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

Reemigration of Czechs and Slovaks from Romania to Czechoslovakia (1945 - 1949), 1945 - 1947 Expulsion of Germans from former German East territories, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Eva Lustigová s tatínkem Arnoštem Lustigem, rok 1958

Eva Lustigová

* 1956

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

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

Jan Luštinec in the 1970s

PaedDr. Jan Luštinec

* 1953

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

A portait of Petr Lutka from that time, around 1975

Petr Lutka

* 1952

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Luxemburg in 1967

Josef Luxemburg

* 1947

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Soldier of the Soviet Army

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Irena Suchomelová (Luxová) - 1953

Irena Luxová

* 1940

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

František Lysáček in his youth

František Lysáček

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Františka Lysoňková, 1949

Františka Lysoňková

* 1942

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Milan Máca in 2024

Milan Máca

* 1958

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

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