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Libor Dvořák in 2023

Mgr. Libor Dvořák

* 1948

Journalist, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

In my youth

Otomar Dvořák

* 1951

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

A historic photo

Vratislav Ebr

* 1942 †︎ 2023

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, July - septemper - Aktion Ř - forceful concentration of Czech nuns, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Josef Eder, 1962

Josef Eder

* 1940

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Déclassé, Politician, A secret police collaborator, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 2 more anniversaries

Martha Elefteriadu in archive photo

Martha Elefteriadu

* 1946

National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 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

Jindřich Eliáš with a gramophone record

Jindřich Eliáš

* 1950

Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Lída Engelová with her brother Tomáš, National Theatre, 1970

Lída Engelová

* 1944

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Petar Erak in Prague after the war in Bosnia

Petar Erak

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

1992 - 1995 Bosnian War

Milan Exner, 2023

Milan Exner

* 1948

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Jarmila Fajtová on contemporary photo

Jarmila Fajtová

* 1945

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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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