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Alexander Levitsky (the 1980s)

Alexander Levitsky Ph.D.

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, University professor and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

as a child

Professor MUDr., DrSc. Karel Lewit

* 1916 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, western front, A cultural celebrity, Holocaust, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1940 - The Battle of France, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk

Kamil Lhoták the younger, far left. Photograph from the 1970's

Kamil Lhoták

* 1941

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Participant in antifascist resistance, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age and 8 more anniversaries

Marta Lickova, 2018

Marta Ličková, rod. Sluková

* 1926 †︎ 2020

Relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, A cultural celebrity

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Hans Adam II., 2018

Hans Adam II. Liechtenstein

* 1945

Liechtenstein, Relatives of important personalities, Nobility, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Líman

JUDr. Jan Líman

* 1936

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Holocaust, Odbojová skupina bratří Mašínů, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR

Portrait 2

Peter Lipa

* 1943

Holocaust, Hidden people, A cultural celebrity

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jan Loučím, 1968

Ing. Jan Loučím

* 1949

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Louda

Colonel (ret.) Jiří Louda

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Jiří Löwy in the army, just before his return to civilian life

Jiří Löwy

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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