25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

25. 3. 1988

witness Helena Aková as a young girl

Helena Aková

* 1932

farmer, Holocaust, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

Ján Čarnogurský

Ján Čarnogurský

* 1944

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 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 Fajmon_dobový portrét.JPG (historic)

Jiří Fajmon

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Charter 77 signatory, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Dionýz Hochel

* 1967

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

František Mikloško

František Mikloško

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Member of an Illegal Church and 1 more categories

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 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

Michal Murin

* 1963

A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship, Artists, The underground

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Anh Tuan Nguyen in 1982

Ing. Anh Tuan Nguyen

* 1957

Artists, National minorities, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

sr. Bonaventúra Terézia Šmídová - 70´s

Bonaventúra Terézia Šmídová

* 1954

Dissident, Friars, Member of an Illegal Church, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

Historic photo

M.D. Daniel Stanček

* 1936

University professor, A secret police agent, Scientist

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Ladislav Stromcek

Ladislav Stromček

* 1960

Representative of the Church

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain