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Eugen Gindl

Eugen Gindl

* 1944 †︎ 2021

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

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Portrait

Andrej Gjurić

* 1938 †︎ 2015

Boy Scouts, Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The Sportsmen and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Helena after return from the concentration camp

Helena Glancová

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness in the Sokol sports hall. 1933

Jaruše Glosová

* 1927

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 11 more anniversaries

Jindřich Goba, mid-1970s

Jindřich Goba

* 1933

Emigrant, Holocaust, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A secret police collaborator

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Jan Gogola during the filming of the interview in 2019

Professor Jan Gogola

* 1944

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

A period photo.

Soňa Goldenbergová

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Arnošt Goldflam 1950s

Master of Fine Arts Arnošt Goldflam

* 1946

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship, A secret police agent

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

Five-year-old Petr Goldmann

Petr Goldmann

* 1955

Scientist, University professor, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Witness - Jozef Golonka

Ing. Mgr. Jozef Golonka

* 1938

A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s and 1 more anniversaries

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