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Jaroslav Hutka

* 1947

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, The underground and 5 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77 and 1 more anniversaries

Zbyněk Illek, 1983-1984. Photo: Jan Schýbal

Zbyněk Illek

* 1954

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Art and censorship, Artists

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

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Jaroslav Ipser

* 1949

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

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

Clara Istlerová in 1950 during calligraphy

Clara Istlerová

* 1944

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 2 more categories

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Gotthard Janda, circa 1980s

Gotthard Janda

* 1939

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Libuše Jarcovjáková, 2016

Libuše Jarcovjáková

* 1952

National minorities, Gypsies / Roma, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall

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

Jiří Ježek on Il-18 bomber in Hradec Králové, circa 1965

Jiří Ježek

* 1941

Forced labour during the WW2, Member of the Czechoslovak People's Army, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 13.-15.2.1945 Bombing of Dresden, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 13.8.1961 - Building of the Berlin Wall and 5 more anniversaries

Marie Jiřičková

Marie Jiřičková

* 1943 †︎ 2021

Artists

14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Jiří Jiroutek

* 1928 †︎ 2023

Artists, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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