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Artistic portrait of Zuzana Tajek Piešová

Zuzana Tajek Piešová

* 1964

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Jindřich Tolar, 1984, Tachov region

Jindřich Tolar

* 1965 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Anti-communist rebel

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

Josef Václav Toman, 1992

Colonel (ret.) Josef Václav Toman-Tománek

* 1912 †︎ 2012

National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Radio Free Europe and 5 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Topš_his portrait drawn by co-inmate in prison

Václav Topš

* 1928 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners

Photo from papers of State security

Josef Touš

* 1929 †︎ 2013

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 1 more anniversaries

Miroslav Trégl at the age of 15

Miloslav Trégl

* 1960

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Trejbal in 2011

Ladislav Trejbal

* 1931 †︎ 2014

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Vladimír Trlida

Vladimír Trlida

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Hana Truncová in 1970s

Hana Truncová

* 1924 †︎ 2022

People helping Jews during WWII, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Life along the Iron Curtain

9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, Death marches 1944-1945, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 4 more anniversaries

Zdeněk Urban in 1943

Zdeněk Urban

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Officials of the Czechoslovak People´s Army in 1948-1989, Theresienstadt Ghetto, People from former eastern territories of Germany (to 1945), Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR) and 12 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 10 more anniversaries

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