25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

25. 1. 1969

before the transport to Auschwitz

Erika Bezdíčková

* 1931

Holocaust, National minorities, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoners in the labour camps in Nováky, Sereď and Vyhne in Slovakia and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945 and 7 more anniversaries

Jaroslava Blešová as a child

Jaroslava Blešová

* 1943

Forced labour during the WW2, Sokol, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

july 1938 - X. sokol slet's, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 7 more anniversaries

František Bloudek (1967)

František Bloudek

* 1947

Sexual minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 3 more anniversaries

Young soldier

academic painter Miloslav Čelakovský

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 2 more anniversaries

Portrét 1, rok 2018

Pavel Dias

* 1938

Art and censorship, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Jiří Drahoš in 2018

Jiří Drahoš

* 1949

Politician, Scientist, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The relative of a political prisoner

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Dudová

* 1947

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia

Karel Hádek

Karel Hádek

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

A portrait of that time of Stanislav Hamr, 70s

Stanislav Hamr

* 1948

farmer, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Portrait photo of the witness; Prague around 1980

PhDr. Vladimíra Hradecká

* 1949

A cultural celebrity, Déclassé, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Historian, Relatives of important personalities and 2 more categories

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 , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia