Art and censorship

Josef Janíček

* 1947

A cultural celebrity, The underground, Art and censorship, The Plastic People of the Universe

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial

Zdeněk Janík

Zdeněk Janík

* 1923 †︎ 2023

Boy Scouts, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Jaroslav Janota, shortly before basic military training, 1991.

Ing. Sergeant Jaroslav Janota

* 1972

National minorities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Ludmila Janská, 2016

Ludmila Janská

* 1938

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) and 5 more anniversaries

František Janula in 2012

František Janula

* 1932 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship

Libuše Jarcovjáková, 2016

Libuše Jarcovjáková

* 1952

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

Pavla Jazairiová in the 70s

Pavla Jazairiová

* 1945

Journalist, Israel/Palestine, Writer, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Milena Jelinek in her youth, approximately 1959

Milena Jelinek

* 1935 †︎ 2020

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground and 1 more categories

19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Oldřich Jelínek

Oldřich Jelínek

* 1930

Emigrant, Radio Free Europe, Boy Scouts, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 4 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 2 more anniversaries

jelinek_dobové2.jpg (historic)

Zdeněk Jelínek

* 1957

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity, The underground and 4 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák

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