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Lenka Fialová in 2025

Lenka Fialová

* 1951

Dissident, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Ondřej Fibich in 2025

Ondřej Fibich

* 1954

Dissident, Writer, 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, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation

Witness - Oldřich Filipík (1989)

Oldřich Filipík

* 1962

Czech minority in the former USSR, Anti-communist rebel

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět and 3 more anniversaries

As a young man

Jiří Fisher

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

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

Miroslav Fleischman at the age of two years

Miroslav Fleischman

* 1969

Dissident, Politician, Anti-communist rebel

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ludvík Florián in 1954

Ludvík Florián

* 1936

A warder in a communist prison, Underage political prisoners, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 5 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Dana Krejčí (Foukalová)

Dana Foukalová

* 1970

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Young Milan Gabčan

Milan Gabčan

* 1932 †︎ 2021

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

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Josef Gara around 1950

Josef Gara

* 1934 †︎ 2017

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 2 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, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 4 more anniversaries

Raúl C. García

Raúl C. García

* 1946

Cuba, Cuban Dissident, Underage political prisoners, Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

"Struggle against Bandits" / Escambray Rebellion

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