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

Jan Neckář, the '70s

Jan Neckář

* 1949

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Václav Neckář, graduation photo, 1962

Václav Neckář

* 1943

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity, The topic of security forces before 1989

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Václav Nedomanský enjoying a goal for the national team in the early 1970s

Václav Nedomanský

* 1944

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Nedomlel

Josef Nedomlel

* 1940

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, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha at Military Service in 1965

Jaroslav Jeroným Neduha

* 1945 †︎ 2024

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

At the end of 1960s

Jiří Neduha

* 1949

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Nedvěd, Eibenthal - Romania, September 2022

Josef Nedvěd

* 1944

Romania, Czechs from Banat, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1951 - Deportation from Banat to Baragan (Romania), 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 12. 1989 - 24-25. 12. 1989 - The Romanian revolution

The witness in the front left with her parents and siblings, Jezová, 1967

Marie Nedvědová

* 1960

Memory of vanished settlements, Sudeten Germans, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 3 more anniversaries

Bronislava Nedvědová, 1968 Kadaň

Bronislava Nedvědová

* 1950

Politician, Industrial settler in border region in 60', Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 4 more anniversaries

Zdislava Nedvědová during recording for Memory of Nations, May 2024, Šumperk

Zdislava Nedvědová

* 1961

Dissident, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Boy Scouts, 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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