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Milan Čejka

Milan Čejka

* 1948

Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, 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, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Miloslav Čejka, eighteen years old

Architect Miloslav Čejka

* 1947

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

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

Young soldier

academic painter Miloslav Čelakovský

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 2 more anniversaries

Josef Čermák

Professor Josef Čermák

* 1928 †︎ 2020

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 7 more anniversaries

Marko Čermák plays a 110-year-old banjo originally from London, TV Country and Western, 1990

Marko Čermák

* 1940

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Kateřina Černá ED

Kateřina Černá

* 1937 †︎ 2024

Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Art and censorship

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia

Mrs. Černá as a student

PhDr. Zlata Černá

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, Scientist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš

Doc. Mgr. Jiří Černický

* 1966

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Art and censorship, Artists

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

Pavel Černík in the Jesličky Theatre

Pavel Černík

* 1950

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

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 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

Jiří Černý during the Velvet Revolution

Jiří Černý

* 1936 †︎ 2023

Art and censorship, Journalist

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 1 more anniversaries

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