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In a production of The Wax Figurine, photo by Studio Ypsilon

Jiří Lábus

* 1950

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, Palach Week, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Libuše Lacinová

Libuše Lacinová

* 1921 †︎ 2018

Journalist, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and 2 more anniversaries

Contemporary photo of E. Landisch by the camera

Eduard Landisch

* 1927 †︎ 2015

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Witness Eva Landlová during eye direct recording her life story

Eva Landlová

* 1931

Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Pavel Landovský

Pavel Landovský

* 1936 †︎ 2014

Charter 77 signatory, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Ivan Landsmann (1985)

Ivan Landsmann

* 1949 †︎ 2017

Emigrant, A cultural celebrity, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, The Netherlands

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ladislav Lašek - contemporary photo from graduation board (1968)

Mgr. Ladislav Lašek

* 1930 †︎ 2021

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation and 2 more anniversaries

Milan Lasica in theatre (foto Ctibor Bachratý)

Milan Lasica

* 1940 †︎ 2021

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Artists, A cultural celebrity

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Interpretation of the flag, 80s

Otis Laubert

* 1946

Artists, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Tatjana Lazorčáková during recording of her interview

Professor, PhDr. Tatjana Lazorčáková

* 1954

Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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