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

Jiří Němeček at the army in 1969/70

Professor, Ing., CSc. Jiří Němeček

* 1947

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, 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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Hana Nová during a graduation ceremony (1973)

JUDr. Hana Nová

* 1949

University professor, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdeňka Nová

Zdeňka Nová

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Tomáš Novotný / Ostrava / June 2019

Doc. Tomáš Novotný

* 1952

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Non-Catholic clerical, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

A photo from the graduation photo desk

PhDr. Zdeňka Ostmeyerová

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 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

Bohuslav Pacholík, self-portrait from the book PHOTOGRAPHY - PROSTĚJOV (1985-1987)

Bohuslav Pacholík

* 1947

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

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

Zbyněk Plesar at a draft board, 1960s

Zbyněk Plesar

* 1950

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 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

Stating his position after 1968

Karel Pokorný

* 1933

Border Guards, Relative of a political prisoner, Boy Scouts, Sokol, Art and censorship

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Pavel Polnicky at the time of secondary school graduation, 1961

Pavel Polnický

* 1943

Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jaromír Pomahač during his military service, Prague, 1960

Jaromír Pomahač

* 1940

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

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

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