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Honorary meeting of the Sokol members

Hana Hortová

* 1933

Sokol, A cultural celebrity

Lubor Maťa in 2024

Lubor Maťa

* 1960

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, The underground, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Emma Srncová in her youth

Emma Srncová

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

Jarmila Štogrová Doležalová in 2022

Jarmila Štogrová

* 1956

Human Rights Defender, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Artists and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Adolf Absolon (1958)

RNDr., CSc. Adolf Absolon

* 1937

Boy Scouts, Scientist, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 3. 1945 Bombing of České Budějovice, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 4 more anniversaries

Portrait of youth

Petr Adler

* 1930 †︎ 2019

Holocaust, Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

George Agathonikiadis, a portrait

George Agathonikiadis

* 1947

Greece, National minorities, Greek minority in former Czechoslovakia, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1949 Greek civil war, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Juraj Alexander during EYD recording

Juraj Alexander

* 1944

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, A cultural celebrity

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps

Marwan Alsolaiman at Strahov Colleges in Prague, 1986/1987

Ing. Bachelor Marwan Alsolaiman

* 1962

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Writer and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Michal Ambrož, late 1970s

Michal Ambrož

* 1954 †︎ 2022

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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