5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring | Memory of Nations

Vladimír Čada at the military service

Vladimír Čada

* 1940

A warder in a communist prison, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

PhDr. Michal Čakrt

* 1948

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted

Ondřej Čapek in 1969

Ing. Ondřej Čapek

* 1947

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime

Current photograph of the former football player and representative of Czechoslovakia, Ján Čapkovič, from the recording in 2022. (1)

Ján Čapkovič

* 1948

The Sportsmen

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 24. 2. 1949 – Formation of the Czechoslovak Union of Youth, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Věra Čáslavská

Věra Čáslavská

* 1942 †︎ 2016

Dissident, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Blanka Častvajová

Blanka Častvajová

* 1951

Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Svatopluk Čech

Svatopluk Čech

* 1935

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

Jiřina Čechová ED

Jiřina Čechová

* 1937

Dissident, Historian, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 6 more anniversaries

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JUDr. Zdenka Čechová

* 1926 †︎ 2021

Emigrant, A communist prosecutor, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, People helping Jews during WWII, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Čejka

Milan Čejka

* 1948

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

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