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

Marta Orolinová in 2022

MUDr. Marta Orolinová

* 1953

Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Eva Orthofer, then still Klinkovská, graduation photo, early 70s

Eva Orthofer

* 1952

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

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

A photo from the graduation photo desk

PhDr. Zdeňka Ostmeyerová

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness Peter Osuský during eye direct recording

MUDr. Peter Osuský

* 1953

Politician, Relatives of important personalities, University professor

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

Alžbeta Ošvátová as twenty years old young woman

Alžbeta Ošvátová

* 1935

Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of forced relocation, Memory of vanished settlements, Repatriated and 4 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Anna Otčenášová (80´s)

Ing., Mgr., PhDr. Anna Otčenášová rod. Miháľová

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Viliam Otiepka in 1950

Viliam Otiepka

* 1935 †︎ 2025

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ladislav Otruba in 2025

Ladislav Otruba

* 1951

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Martin Oulický in 1975

Martin Oulický

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

04 Edvard Outrata - young

Ing. Edvard Outrata

* 1936

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner

13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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