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

A portrait of that time of Jarmila Trösterová, late 1960s

Jarmila Trösterová

* 1941

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

From the time of his military service which he undertook at the Zvolen airport, 1955

Josef Trpák

* 1935

National minorities, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Memory of vanished settlements and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 4 more anniversaries

Ľubica Trubíniová

* 1958

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

Luboš Trucka in 2022

Luboš Trucka

* 1962

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Irena Truplová in her youth

Irena Truplová

* 1943

Volhynian Czechs

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR

Vladimír Trvalec in 2020

Vladimír Trvalec

* 1952

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Radio Free Europe

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Photo from his graduation exam

Nikolaos Tsametis

* 1942

Greece, Emigrant, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

The Spitsbergen expedition in 1968, Gerhard Tschunko on a peak

Gerhard Tschunko

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing, Writer

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jiri Tucek_1972 (Privatarchiv Tucek).jpg (historic)

Jiří Tuček

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Hana Ťukalová - ID photo from 1960s

Hana Ťukalová

* 1940

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

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