Beer was free in the Tatras during the Soviet invasion

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… at the time. We were in university training, that was in 1968. We were walking up those mountains and towards morning … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Not even a gram of uranium to the Russians!

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… "I was on the morning shift at that time, on 21 August [1968]. We arrived at the shaft, but there was talk of not … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

I prayed so that there would be no war

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… of liturgical scarves that we wore on the head. In August 1968, I had the idea to go up there and pray to God to not … 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring …

Disagreement with the invasion of the Warsaw Pact armies and dismissal from school

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… “I got dismissed from school after 1968, too. We had to undergo examination. Each of us was … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Old Jews were afraid to leave home after the Soviet occupation

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… on holiday in the Soviet Union around that time [in August 1968]. When I went there, I had to count the houses to find … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Leaving without Saying Goodbye

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… to anybody. It was a really sad situation. On August 21, 1968, it was my mom’s fiftieth birthday. We had prepared a … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Lenin, wake up, Brezhnev has gone mad!

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… "In 1968, the Russians invaded us and destroyed a brand new road … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

How my neighbourhood perceived the Soviet invasion

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… "I remember in 1968, when I was, I think, in the eighth grade, when the … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

The occupation army in the Trutnov region

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… "In August 1968, I travelled all over the country. Already after … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

My brother's emigration

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… where he started in 1967, returned in the spring of 1968, and went back to Germany after August 1968, where he was approached by his employer after that … time for that apprenticeship. So he did that in November 1968 and went to Germany. He didn't come back and then, like …