My sister emigrated so the communists wouldn't take her children

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… Jarmila worked as a receptionist at the hotel in August 1968 and helped foreign commentators who were staying at the … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

An orthodox communist was crying

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… sixty-eight, and my first duty was from August 20 to 21, 1968. I served, it was still at the old internal ward, it … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Political program

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… „Q: After 1968 could you realize your political purposes by making … have in mind some kind of a political program right after 1968? A: I prefered a socialdemocrat program. That is to say … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Anti-occupation strike at the high school of pedagogy

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… the date; it must have been after those August days in 1968. So we all got involved. We took it more as a joke, we … 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of …

Funeral wreath for Red Army soldiers

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… the wreath to the Red Army monument. It was on August 22, 1968! I took him aside and told him that if he wished to … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

August 1969, the first anniversary of Soviet invasion

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… just furious. So we thought that this was even worse then 1968 as now Czech people were beating us. And policemen were … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Prague Spring enthusiasm

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… "I was of course struck by the resurgence taking place in 1968. That President Novotný was sidetracked and that things … 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring …

Also Husák was progressive during the Prague Spring

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… six thousand people. A whole constellation from the year 1968 performed there. Chic, Jiří Hanzelka. And it is … 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring …

Anti-invasion leaflets as a museum exhibit

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… "Even ten years after 1968, a policeman came to me and said, 'Watch out, the 21st … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

The Russians came and I was afraid it was going to be war again

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… "Do you remember August 1968?" - "Yeah, yeah. I remember very well. I had small … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …