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

Zdeněk Žampa, childhood photograph

Zdeněk Žampa

* 1956

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Lubomír Zaorálek in 2022

PhDr. Lubomír Zaorálek

* 1956

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Zelenka in 1986, by Lük Haas

Jiří Zelenka

* 1959

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground 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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jakub Železný 2014

PhDr. Jakub Železný

* 1973

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 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, Palach Week

Bohdan Zilynskyj, Prague, 2024

Bohdan Zilynskyj

* 1954

Ukraine, Historian, National minorities, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950, Scientist

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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Žufan during the period of underground in Klatovy in 1980

Václav Žufan

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Sviatoslav Vasylchuk as a journalist at a district newspaper in Berezne, 1967

Святослав Васильчук Sviatoslav Vasylchuk

* 1941

Ukraine, Journalist, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school

Ukraine in 1990-s., Organization of Ukrainian nationalists (1929 - 1950 рр.), Ukrainian Insurgent Army (1942 – 1954), The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin and 8 more anniversaries

Olha Heiko during the interview, 2024

Ольга Гейко Olha Heiko

* 1953

Human Rights Defender, Ukrainian Dissent, Ukraine, Human Rights Defender in Ukraine, Dissident and 1 more categories

Ukraine in 1990-s., The Repressions of the totalitarian regime in the 1970s in Ukraine, Perestroika, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 5 more anniversaries

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