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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 †︎ 2025

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

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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

Eva Jerochim in Prague in 1979

Eva Jerochim

* 1953

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, 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

Pavlína Jerusalemová, née Epsteinová

Pavla Jerusalemová

* 1921 †︎ 2019

Participant in antifascist resistance, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

In the garden of the family house in Rychnov nad Kněžnou

Master of Fine Arts Jan Jirásek

* 1955

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tobiáš Jirous. Middle of the 1990's

Tobiáš Jirous

* 1972

Art and censorship, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

V. Jordánová, actor of Liberec Theatre

Věra Jordánová

* 1928 †︎ 2022

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Victim of forced relocation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 7 more anniversaries

Jiří Jurka in his youth

Jiří Jurka

* 1931

A cultural celebrity, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 1 more anniversaries

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