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

Interpretation of the flag, 80s

Otis Laubert

* 1946

Artists, A cultural celebrity

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

Marta Laudátová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Member of Orel

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Lauermannová in her youth

Mgr. Marie Lauermannová

* 1942

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Jiří Lávička, 2024

Ing. Jiří Lávička

* 1940

Witness of local events from the Communist era

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Michael Lax. Cca 1955.

Michael Lax

* 1949

National minorities, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Alois Láznička, contemporary photo

Ing. Alois Láznička

* 1936 †︎ 2025

Boy Scouts, Sokol, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Tatjana Lazorčáková during recording of her interview

Professor, PhDr. Tatjana Lazorčáková

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Miroslav Lebduška in the theatre performance Cyrano of Bergerac, 1960

Miroslav Lebduška

* 1944

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Antonín Lébr

Antonín Lébr

* 1942 †︎ 2022

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Aleš Lederer, 2017

Aleš Lederer

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

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