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Ján Budaj

Ján Budaj

* 1952

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, A cultural celebrity, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Stanislav Bukovský in his youth

Stanislav Bukovský

* 1944

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists and 2 more categories

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

Jan Burian, filming for the Memory of Nations, Prague, 2022

Jan Burian

* 1952

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

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, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter” and 3 more anniversaries

Ján Buzássy, 70s

Ján Buzássy

* 1935

Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 27. – 29. 6. 1967 - The 4th Congress of Czech Writers, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r

Vladimír Čada at the military service

Vladimír Čada

* 1940

A warder in a communist prison, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Jindřich Čapek, 1969

Jindra Čapek

* 1953

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Artists, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Portrait

Ladislav Čarný

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, University professor and 2 more categories

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

Graduation photo of Ladislav Čáslavský, 1959

Ing. Ladislav Čáslavský

* 1942

Relative of a political prisoner, The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Artists, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval and 3 more anniversaries

Olga Castiellová historic photo

Olga Castiellová

* 1936

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

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

František Ringo Čech

František Ringo Čech

* 1943

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

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