Charter 77 signatory | Memory of Nations

1979

David Němec

* 1961

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

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

Jaromír Němec in the 1960s

Jaromír Němec

* 1935 †︎ 2023

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory

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

Ondřej Němec in 1978

Ondřej Němec

* 1960

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 2 more anniversaries

Jana Novotná's high school graduation photograph, latter 1950s

Jana Novotná

* 1943

Diplomat, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Bohumil Obdržálek in 1984

Bohumil Obdržálek

* 1947

Political prisoner, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Milan Ohnisko ca 1982

Milan Ohnisko

* 1965

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Josef Olšanský during recording, 2025

Josef Olšanský

* 1951

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jiří Olt in 1978

Jiří Olt

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Michaela Othmani in 1987 with a king boa constrictor

Michaela Othmani

* 1967

Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Petr Ouda in 2019

Petr Ouda

* 1953

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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