31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia | Memory of Nations

Jela Špitková

* 1947

Déclassé, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Hockey poster on the occasion of Father's Day - Peter Šťastný with sons in hockey gear, June 2005

Peter Šťastný

* 1956

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Photo taken during the eyd recording of the interview

Juraj Steiner

* 1936

Holocaust, National minorities

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1944-1945 Hungary at the end of the second world war , 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Juraj Steiner

* 1946

National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Witness - Jozef Štibrányi

Jozef Štibrányi

* 1940

National minorities, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, The Sportsmen, Art and censorship, The Army of the Protectorate Bohemia-Moravia and 2 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 10 more anniversaries

The witness in the Hviezda cinema in Bratislava at the assembly of students of the Faculty of Arts, Comenius University, November 24, 1989

Mgr. Boris Strečanský

* 1967

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jiří Středa in the 1970s

Jiří Středa

* 1956

Chechens, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing and 7 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 3 more anniversaries

Ivan Summer traveling in America, 1991

Ivan Summer

* 1962

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Anton Švajlen

* 1937

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising and 9 more anniversaries

Period portrait of Pavel Švanda

Professor Pavel Švanda

* 1936

Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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