30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval | Memory of Nations

On a motorcycle, 1960

Jarmila Procházková

* 1942

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Růžena Prokešová as a young woman

Růžena Prokešová

* 1934

Relative of a political prisoner, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval

Jiří Prokop in 1991, holding a letter written in Hebrew, photographed in Šmeral's factory

Jiří Prokop

* 1946

Emigrant, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Václav Pták

Václav Pták

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Sokol, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering

Lydie Beštová Maturitní fotografie (Půrová)

Mgr. Lydie Půrová

* 1932

National minorities, Volhynian Czechs, Relative of a political prisoner, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 7 more anniversaries

Václav Půža, 1950s

Václav Půža

* 1931

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945)

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 5 more anniversaries

Photo from the investigation file of the secret state police (StB)

Vlasta Pytlíková

* 1932

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Inhabitants of Subcarpathian Rus

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1945 – Withdrawal from the Carpatho-Russia in favour of the USSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait 1, year 2018

Ing., Arch. Martin Rajniš

* 1944

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ján Rampák as an actor during a theater performance.

Ján Rampák

* 1939

Dissident, Holocaust, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, Forced labour during the WW2 and 8 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 21 more anniversaries

Witness at work in the mines, undated

Pavel Raniak

* 1928

The Partisan, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé and 2 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 5 more anniversaries

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