Art and censorship

Vladimír Ptaszek in the early 1980's

Vladimír Ptaszek

* 1953

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

Dana Puchnarová in 1978.

Doc. Dana Puchnarová

* 1938 †︎ 2025

Charter 77 signatory, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 3 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Kolem roku 1981

Hana Puchová

* 1966

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

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

DJ Zdenek Raboch, likely at Dominik club in Plzeň, early 1970s)

Zdeněk Raboch

* 1946

Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship

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

Jidřiška Radová, Einhod Symposium in Israel 1966

Jindřiška Radová

* 1925 †︎ 2021

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

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 3 more anniversaries

František Rafaja

Ing. František Rafaja

* 1943 †︎ 2024

The underground, Radio Free Europe, Art and censorship, Politician

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

Jan Rajlich Jr aged 33, two years later in the new studio at Jiráskova 4, 1983, photo by Boh. Marčák

Doc. Ing., Arch. Jan Rajlich

* 1950

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

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

Portrait 1, year 2018

Ing., Arch. Martin Rajniš

* 1944

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Štěpán Rak, 1970s

Professor Štěpán Rak

* 1945

Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Lída Rakušanová in the late 1970s/early 1980s

Lída Rakušanová

* 1947

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Radio Free Europe, Writer and 4 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime and 5 more anniversaries

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