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Heřman Chromý, 2017

Heřman Chromý

* 1947

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Diplomat, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jaroslav Cibulka military service in 1962

Jaroslav Cibulka

* 1931

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954)

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

Miloš Cihelka in 2025

Miloš Cihelka

* 1969

Dissident, Journalist, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

Palach Week, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Blanka Čílová as young member of Sokol

Blanka Čílová

* 1928

Relative of a political prisoner, Relatives of important personalities, Anti-communist rebel, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII and 5 more anniversaries

Wedding Photograph

Miroslav Cimprich

* 1928 †︎ 2016

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel

Josef Čoček po propuštění z vězení v roce 1936.JPG (historic)

Josef Čoček

* 1932 †︎ 2019

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

authentic foto

Alena Crhová

* 1938

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

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, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Cukr in 2012

Josef Cukr

* 1917 †︎ 2014

Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions)

Eugeniusz Cydzik

Eugeniusz Cydzik

* 1921 †︎ 2012

Poland, The Partisan, Poles in the USSR 1945 - 1956, Poles living in Kresy (Poland´s Eastern Borderlands), Member of Polish Home Army (Armia Krakowa, AK) and 4 more categories

17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 20. 6. - 29. 8. 1944 - Operation Bagration

Radomír Daněk

Radomír Daněk

* 1965

Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, The underground, Anti-communist rebel

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

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