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

František 1954

František Čvančara

* 1936

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Jáček.jpg (historic)

Jaroslav Čvančara

* 1948

Boy Scouts

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

The witness at the time of his mandatory military service as a radio operator and welder, 1963

Václav Cvejn

* 1944

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 1 more anniversaries

Vratislav Cvejn in 1976

Vratislav Cvejn

* 1950

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, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Martin Cvrček as assistant supervisor of the military unit in Sázava in 1987

Ing. Martin Cvrček

* 1960

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

Ludmila Czerneková (Kozmiková), mid 1950s

Ludmila Czerneková

* 1936

Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Hidden people, Volhynian Czechs

1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 2 more anniversaries

Czernin Theobald

Theobald Czernin

* 1936 †︎ 2015

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Déclassé

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 1 more anniversaries

Tomáš Czernin during the recording

Tomáš Czernin

* 1962

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Nobility

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

Polyxena Czerninová in 2025

Polyxena Czerninová

* 1941

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Zoltán Czvengrosch in the 6th grade of elementary school, 1970s

Architect Zoltán Czvengrosch

* 1960

Hungarians in Slovakia after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Vznik nezávislého odborové hnutí Solidarita, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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