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Jan Turek

* 1929 †︎ 2023

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, Communist official, Member of Revolutionary Guard Corps

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Miloš Turek as a Prague long-hair, mid-1960s

Miloš Turek

* 1949

Underage political prisoners, Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Marie Tykalová, 2018

Marie Tykalová

* 1931

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Present Portrait

Ing. Miroslav Tyl

* 1943

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory

31. 10. 1967 – Spontaneous student demonstration in Prague, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Petr Tyráček in band Dynamic, New Year's Eve ROH, 1974

Ing. Petr Tyráček

* 1946

A secret police collaborator, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 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

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Ing. Petr Uhl

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Politician, Charter 77 signatory and 1 more categories

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, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 4 more anniversaries

Božena Kubáňová, aunt of Alice Uhlářová, WWII resistance member. 1940's

Alice Uhlářová

* 1958

Relatives of important personalities, Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromir Ulc in the army sergeant, radio operator

Major Jaromír Ulč

* 1950 †︎ 2016

A communist interrogator, A secret police collaborator, The topic of security forces before 1989

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Oldřich Uličný, secondary school graduation photo, 1954

Prof. PhDr., DrSc. Oldřich Uličný

* 1936

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Déclassé, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 2 more anniversaries

Marcela Ulrichová, circa 1959

Marcela Ulrichová

* 1939

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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