25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral | Memory of Nations

Michael Dymáček, published in samizdat under the name of the author

Michael Dymáček

* 1943

Dissident, Politician, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Scientist and 1 more categories

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 5 more anniversaries

Tomáš Fejfar as a little boy

Tomáš Fejfar

* 1951 †︎ 2023

Dissident

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Fic at the Dolní Smrčná camp (1958)

Jiří Fic

* 1949

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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Foll in 1970

PhDr. Jan Foll

* 1951 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 5 more anniversaries

Zdeňka Formánková in a period photo

Zdeňka Formánková

* 1936

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

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 1 more anniversaries

Vladimír Fulín in 1951

Vladimír Fulín

* 1947

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Dalibor Gut

Ing. Dalibor Gut

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Karel Hádek

Karel Hádek

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Hana Hamplová in 1990

Master of Fine Arts Hana Hamplová

* 1951

Art and censorship, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A portrait of that time of Stanislav Hamr, 70s

Stanislav Hamr

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

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

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