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Photo on the LŠU graduates' board, 1976

Architect Libor Fránek

* 1960

University professor, Art and censorship

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

Karel Franta as a boy

Karel Franta

* 1928 †︎ 2017

Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Martin Frind, Prague, 2025

academic painter Martin Frind

* 1963

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Igor Froněk Frigo around 1980

Igor Froněk

* 1946

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

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

Martin Fryč, 20 years old

Martin Fryč

* 1970

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

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

Karel Funk 24 years old

Ing. Karel Funk

* 1948

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michal Gabriel in his second year at AVU (Academy of Fine Arts in Prague) in the studio of the sculptor Kryštůfek

Professor Michal Gabriel

* 1960

Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Kurt Gebauer

* 1941

National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Josef Giňa, late 1970s

Josef Giňa

* 1968

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, Art and censorship

Odchod českých Romů do Kanady a Velké Británie 1999

Eugen Gindl

Eugen Gindl

* 1944 †︎ 2021

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

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, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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