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Zdeněk Mrňa (foreground) during a company party at S Morava Leasing

Ing. Zdeněk Mrňa

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Kyra Munk Matuštík as an about 20 years old girl

Kyra Munk Matuštík

* 1959

Charter 77 signatory, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Jolyon Naegele during his first trip to Czechoslovakia (1973)

Jolyon Arthur Naegele

* 1955

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, United States of America, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1992 - 1995 Bosnian War and 1 more anniversaries

Alena Olšanská, Děčín, 1971

Mgr. Alena Olšanská

* 1943

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sokol and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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 and 5 more anniversaries

Milan “Fred” Pištek as a “mánička” in the early 1970s

Milan Pištěk

* 1956

Déclassé, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 5 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and 1 more anniversaries

Plunze_Foto_1.jpg (historic)

Frank Plunze

* 1962

Political prisoner in the GDR, Reception camp for GDR- refuges in Gießen, FRG, East German Refugee, The ransom of political prisoners in the GDR, Victims of East-German secret police (Stasi) and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Gerd Poppe 2014

Gerd Poppe

* 1941

Dissident, Politician, Germany

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 17.6.1953 - Uprising of 1953 in East Germany and 2 more anniversaries

Witness Igor Prieložný during eyd recording.

Igor Prieložný

* 1957

Political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Relatives of important personalities

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 26.8.-11.9.1972 - Summer Games of the XX Olympiad , Munich , Games of the XXIII Olympiad, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall and 2 more anniversaries

Pavel Pukyš

Pavel Pukyš

* 1964

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Luděk Půlpitel during his military service, years 1956 - 1958

Ing., CSc Luděk Půlpitel

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, The topic of security forces before 1989

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 29. 10. – 7. 11. 1956 Suez Crisis, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

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