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

Josef Čechák twenty years old or so

Ing. Josef Čechák

* 1930 †︎ 2024

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Leo Cechel

Leo Cechel

* 1942

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

Anna Marie Čechová - Syslová

Anna Marie Čechová - Syslová

* 1925

National minorities, Forced labour during the WW2, Relative of a political prisoner, Czech minority in the former USSR

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR

Hana Čechová

Hana Čechová

* 1954

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

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

Jindřiška Čechová, 2021

Jindřiška Čechová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Jiřina Čechová ED

Jiřina Čechová

* 1937

Dissident, Historian, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

Marta Čechová in 1965

Marta Čechová

* 1940 †︎ 2025

Official in JZD, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Cechova foto.jpg (historic)

Věra Čechová

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 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, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Milan Čejka

Milan Čejka

* 1948

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Miloslav Čejka, eighteen years old

Architect Miloslav Čejka

* 1947

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

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

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