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Boleslav Fiala - 1962

Boleslav Fiala

* 1929

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Moravian Croats, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

Jan Fiala as a soldier

Jan Fiala

* 1943

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

Jiří Fiala, 1960s

professor PhDr., CSc. Jiří Fiala

* 1944

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist, University professor, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

Václav Fiala

* 1955

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Přemysl Fialka in 2022

Přemysl Fialka

* 1951

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities, 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. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Helena Fialová during an interview for Memory of Nations, July 21, 2025, Šternberk

Helena Fialová

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Young Emilie Fialová

Emilie Fialová

* 1947

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

Ingeborg Fialová receiving the Kurt Schubert Commemorative Award

Ingeborg Fialová

* 1961

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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

Lenka Fialová in 2025

Lenka Fialová

* 1951

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory

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

Olga Raisová (1944)

Olga Fialová

* 1927 †︎ 2018

Holocaust, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 9 more anniversaries

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