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Ladislav Plch standing as a model for his then girlfriend Kateřina Kučerová in 1970

Mgr. Ladislav Plch

* 1945

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Historian, Illegal border crossing, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Milan Pokoradi during eyd recording

Milan Pokoradi

* 1948

Hungary, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII and 13 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 2.11.1938 - First Vienna Award (Hungarian annexation of Carpathian Ruthenia and South Slovakia), 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps and 17 more anniversaries

Antonina Ponomarenko, summer 2011

JUDr. Antonina Ponomarenko

* 1940

Victim of Nazi persecution in Ukraine, Ukraine, Czech minority in the former USSR, National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2 and 3 more categories

Ukraine in 1990-s., Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine and 7 more anniversaries

Monika Proche in 1985

Monika Proche

* 1967

Human Rights Defender, Politician, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Wedding photograph 1977

MUDr. Alena Sellnerová

* 1952

Czech minority in the former USSR, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 3 more categories

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1940 Katyn massacre, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 5 more anniversaries

Bohdan Ševčuk

Bohdan Ševčuk

* 1950

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Czech minority in the former USSR, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Repatriated and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 13. 7. 1943 - Destroying of Český Malín, Ukraine in 1986–1991, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Michal Sevruk during his studies at the Academy of Music, 1976

Michal Sevruk

* 1950

Volhynian Czechs, Art and censorship

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Andriy Shkurhan in the Memory of Nation studio, 2022

Andrij Shkurhan

* 1961

Ukraine, Important cultural personality in Ukraine, Ukrainian political emigration 1944-1950, Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939

Ukraine in 1990-s., Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, Ukrainian insurgent movement 1930–1950, 1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 8 more anniversaries

Jana Weinerová Šmídová in 1968

Jana Šmídová

* 1949

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Rostislav Sochorec Jr. in 1950

Ing. Rostislav Sochorec

* 1931

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions) and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 3 more anniversaries

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