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Pavel Fiala in 2019

Mgr. Pavel Fiala

* 1964

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

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

Václav Fiala

* 1955

Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Professor Daniel Fischer

* 1950

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, University professor, Artists

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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Nadežda Földváriová, rod. Pavlíková

* 1933

Journalist, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Art and censorship, Artists and 1 more categories

29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, March 5th, 1953 - Death of Josif V. Stalin, 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 and 1 more anniversaries

Kristina Folprechtová in 2024

Kristina Folprechtová

* 1940

Relative of a political prisoner, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, Likvidace starého Mostu, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Karel Franta as a boy

Karel Franta

* 1928 †︎ 2017

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

27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Martin Frind, Prague, 2025

academic painter Martin Frind

* 1963

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

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Maty Grunberg 1946

Maty Grunberg

* 1943

National minorities, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Hidden people and 3 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1948 Arab–Israeli War, 22.02.1943 Deportation of Jews from Macedonia and Thracia, 29. 10. – 7. 11. 1956 Suez Crisis, 5.-10. 6. 1967 Six-Day War

Valère Gustin in 2019

Valère Gustin

* 1924 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Veteran of WW2, western front, Artists, Belgium

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Karel Haloun in 1980

Doc. Karel Haloun

* 1951

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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