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

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

Vladimír Marek, called Máňa, as a young long-haired man form Liberec, 1970s

Vladimír Marek

* 1954

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

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

Pavel Marek in 2020

Pavel Marek

* 1929 †︎ 2022

PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Marková - portrait photography

Jana Marková

* 1930

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 10. 6. 1942 – Destruction of Lidice, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Luděk Marks in the 1980s
(Photo: archive of Martin Machovec)

Luděk Marks

* 1963

The underground, Dissident, Journalist, Charter 77 signatory, Writer and 5 more categories

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

Milena Markusová's graduation in the Municipal House in Prague, 1973

Milena Markusová

* 1948

Relative of a political prisoner, 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, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Parents of Darina Martinovská Josef and Božena with the witness as a child

PaedDr. Darina Martinovská

* 1947

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Volhynian Czechs, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, 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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Miroslav Masák in 1942

Miroslav Masák

* 1932

Dissident, Déclassé, Boy Scouts, Scientist, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 2 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 3 more anniversaries

David Matásek as a student, 1980s

David Matásek

* 1963

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity

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

Jiří Matoušek with his brother's children, the late 1970s - the early 1980s

Jiří Matoušek

* 1961

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory

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

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