26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw | Memory of Nations

Josef Nitra at the Rank of Second Lieutenant (1975)

Josef Nitra

* 1956

Journalist, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Orzechowski Stanisław

Stanisław Orzechowski

* 1939

Poland, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 28.8. 1980 Holy Mass for strikers in the bus depot in Wrocław

Priest Tadeusz Rusnak, 2015

Tadeusz Rusnak

* 1953

Poland, Catholic clerical, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 28.8. 1980 Holy Mass for strikers in the bus depot in Wrocław

Josef Šamánek

* 1956

Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 6.-13. 12. 1980 Operation Krkonoše, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Paweł Skrzywanek filming at the Zajezdnia History Centre in 2023

Paweł Skrzywanek

* 1965

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Renata Straková

* 1959

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Tomasz Surowiec

Tomasz Surowiec

* 1949 †︎ 2016

Poland, Anti-communist rebel

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Petr Sýkora in the 1980s

Bachelor Petr Sýkora

* 1966

Member of an Illegal Church, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw , 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Krzysztof Turkowski

Krzysztof Turkowski

* 1954

Poland, Anti-communist protests in Czechoslovakia in Milevsko and Sedlčansko

26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Rudolf Vévoda in 1984

Rudolf Vévoda

* 1964

Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

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