21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime | Memory of Nations

Vítězslav Janda plays in the VŠCHT(the Institute of Chemical Technology) students club

Vítězslav Janda

* 1959

Environmentalist, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vítězslav Janovský in 1934

Vítězslav Janovský

* 1930

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Ivana Jeništová during recording for Memory of Nations, 24 February 2022, Olomouc

Ivana Jeništová

* 1947

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 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 5 more anniversaries

First communion in the church in Borová, 1955

Petr Jílek

* 1956

Dissident, Environmentalist, Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Ivan Junášek in 1974

Ivan Junášek

* 1955

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Antonín Kábele during a training

Antonín Kábele

* 1935

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

David Kabzan in 1979

David Kabzan

* 1969

Dissident, The underground, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week

1976

Petr Kahovec

* 1962

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jáchym Kaplan at age 15

Jáchym Kaplan

* 1969

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Lenka Karfíková - photo taken for AD magazine, 2003

Professor, Dr. Lenka Karfíková

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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