25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

25. 3. 1988

František Mikloško, then chairman of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, and Pavol Abrhan (1990)

Ing. Pavol Abrhan

* 1959

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Politician, Boy Scouts, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava and 4 more anniversaries

witness Helena Aková as a young girl

Helena Aková

* 1932

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

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

* 1944

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

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 with guitar, 1979

Jiří Fajmon

* 1964

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Soutěž Příběhy 20. století, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu 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, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Witness - Oldřich Filipík (1989)

Oldřich Filipík

* 1962

Czech minority in the former USSR, Anti-communist rebel

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, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 3 more anniversaries

Dionýz Hochel

* 1967

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

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

Katarína Hulmanová during the EYD recording

Katarína Hulmanová

* 1958

Representative of the Church, Vicar without State agreement, Catholic clerical, Non-Catholic clerical, Anti-communist rebel and 2 more categories

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 7 more anniversaries

Photho from Marián Jurčák ID

Ing. Marián Jurčák

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, National minorities, The Sportsmen, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Peter Kubička - First Holly Communion

Ing. Peter Kubička

* 1968

The Sportsmen, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

František Mikloško

František Mikloško

* 1947

Member of an Illegal Church, Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Anti-communist rebel, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava

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