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

Jan Loučím, 1968

Ing. Jan Loučím

* 1949

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Monika Pajerová at the Wenceslas Square demonstration, November 1989

PhDr. Monika MacDonagh Pajerová

* 1966

Diplomat, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

old picture

Jan Macháček

* 1965

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground, Journalist and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Miroslav Machotka, photo for the Host magazine, 2000

Ing. Miroslav Machotka

* 1946

Relatives of important personalities, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 3 more anniversaries

As a student of the Kutná Hora Gymnázium (1972-1976) during an examination in Latin language

Marie Macková

* 1957

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, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Štěpán Málek, graduation photo, 1984

ak. soch. Mgr. Štěpán Málek

* 1966

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Ivana Málková in 2020

Ivana Málková

* 1962

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Radomír Malý in a graduation photo in 1965

PhDr. Radomír Malý

* 1947

Dissident, Historian, Journalist, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Radio Free Europe and 4 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 1 more anniversaries

Vlasta Maněnová, Hrádeček, 1982

Vlasta Maněnová

* 1948

Dissident, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted and 4 more anniversaries

Josef Maraczi in the late 1980s

Josef Maraczi

* 1955

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Artists, Anti-communist rebel

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

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