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

Jiří Dobrovolný 28 years old, 1973

Jiří Dobrovolný

* 1945

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s

Luboš Dobrovský, a portrait

Luboš Dobrovský

* 1932 †︎ 2020

Diplomat, Dissident, Holocaust, Journalist, Politician and 2 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, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa and 1 more anniversaries

František Dočekal and his wife Anna. Mělník, 1984/1985

František Dočekal

* 1941

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 1 more anniversaries

Naděžda Dočekalová

Mgr. Naděžda Dočekalová

* 1940

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Dočkalová

* 1936

Relative of a political prisoner, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945

Jindřich Dohnal cca 1968, photo from the graduation class poster

Ing. Jindřich Dohnal

* 1946

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Lubor Dohnal

Meir Lubor Dohnal

* 1938

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Miloslava Dohnalíková, the 1960s

Miloslava Dohnalíková

* 1943

Relative of a political prisoner, 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

Tatjana 1968, graduation from secondary school

Tatjana Dohnalová

* 1950

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Leonid Dohovič in a photograph from the prison file

Leonid Levko Dohovič

* 1935 †︎ 2025

National minorities, Underage political prisoners, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

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