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Ladislav Čarný

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Graduation photo of Ladislav Čáslavský, 1959

Ing. Ladislav Čáslavský

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

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

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

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

Kateřina Cichrová in 2022

Mgr. Kateřina Cichrová

* 1951

Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity

23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation and 1 more anniversaries

Václav Cigler in 2018

Václav Cigler

* 1929 †︎ 2026

Lidé pomáhající partyzánům během 2. svět. války, People helping Jews during WWII, University professor, Artists

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising

Jan Čihák in his gallery, early 1990s

Jan Čihák

* 1940 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists

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

Libuše Čihařová, then still Řídká, at work, 1953

Libuše Čihařová

* 1930

Déclassé, Sokol, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 3 more anniversaries

Portrait 2

Miroslav Cipár

* 1935 †︎ 2021

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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