In 1988 she translated a Hungarian apology for the occupation

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… said they would like to apologise for the occupation in 1968. What a sensation! I knew that the Hungarians were … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

How a commander of the occupying forces wanted to establish a friendship with us

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… "I experienced the August 1968 occupation while working as a production manager in … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

A memory of the first day of the occupation

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… "In the summer of 1968, I was on vacation with my aunt in Liptovský Mikuláš. … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

The "pragmatic" approach of certain Czechoslovakian emigrants

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… who had already been in the monastery since Sempember 1968, not from January 1969 like me, raised his hand, had an … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

They believed the Russians wouldn't dare anymore

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… recognise my years of study and I was already 27 in 1968. Others had finished their studies but I was still … 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops …

Father joined KAN, soon had to leave the army

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… were in the party, I don't know about anybody. Then, when 1968 came, it was still working somehow. Then, in 1969, he … 5. 4. 1968 – Formation of KAN (Club of Active Non-partisans) …

Personnel report

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… Průmstav Pardubice as a company psychologist. Before 1968, it was clear from some of his indications and actions … the Průmstav Pardubice and they then sent this to me. 'In 1968, however, his negative attitude towards the Communist … views of Ivan Sviták, which he also promoted. In April 1968, that is, at the time of the Prague Spring, he spoke at …

Father sealed his fate for the following twenty years

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… We had a big, three-room apartment. And then came the year 1968, during which my reformist father became involved in … democratization of the society and all the new ideas that 1968 brought. Which was quite difficult in the Karviná … Stalinist region and it became even worse after the August 1968 Warsaw Pact Invasion when my father was sent as a …

He decided to return to Czechoslovakia

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… a review of my psychological condition during that August [1968] period in Bohnice, so I was there for three Sundays. … to recognize danger during the period of that 21 August [1968] when I was fully engaged, I was released. So I was already spending Christmas 1968 with my family." …

I got you guys on film

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… "What are your memories of 1968?" "I broke my leg. And when they were screening me and asking me what I was doing in 1968, I said, 'I was on a sick leave and filming.' So I got …