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

Her graduation, 1977

MUDr. Hana Čejková

* 1952

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Vlastimil Čelikovský at age 23

Vlastimil Čelikovský

* 1944

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

Zdena Čellárová in a wedding photo

Zdena Čellárová

* 1940

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth and 2 more anniversaries

Bedřich Centner around 1959

Bedřich Centner

* 1938

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Centner in 1958

Ladislav Centner

* 1936

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Čepelík on a trip in Špindlerův Mlýn

Zdeněk Čepelík

* 1956

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

Alena Čepelková during an expedition to the Soviet Pamir Mountains, 1983

Ing. Alena Čepelková

* 1953

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Věra Cepková - current picture II

Věra Cepková

* 1942

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Čermák during filming for Memory of Nations, 2023

Ing. Jiří Čermák

* 1937

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Josef Čermák in the youth

Josef Čermák

* 1952

Representative of the Church, 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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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