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Pavel Taussig 1943

Pavel Taussig

* 1933

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, National minorities, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 7 more categories

14. 3. 1939 – The foundation of the Slovak State, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 29. 8. 1944 - April 1945 - The Slovak National Uprising, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps and 3 more anniversaries

Karel Tejkal

PhDr. Karel Tejkal

* 1937

Journalist, A cultural celebrity

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 8. 9. 1948 – Funeral of President Edvard Beneš, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Richard Tesařík in 2025

Richard Tesařík

* 1945

Relatives of important personalities, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

8. 3. 1943 - The battle of Sokolovo, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass

Friedrich von Thun, 2023

Friedrich Thun-Hohenstein

* 1942

Austria, Victim of forced relocation, Déclassé, Nobility, A cultural celebrity

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

* 1920 †︎ 2014

Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Political prisoner in WW2, A cultural celebrity

17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Tichota as a young boy

PhDr. Jiří Tichota

* 1937

A cultural celebrity, Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship

28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Zdenka Tichotová, 1976

Zdenka Tichotová

* 1954

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Jindřich Tolar, 1984, Tachov region

Jindřich Tolar

* 1965 †︎ 2025

Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, A cultural celebrity, Anti-communist rebel

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

Josef Václav Toman, 1992

Colonel (ret.) Josef Václav Toman-Tománek

* 1912 †︎ 2012

National minorities, Political prisoner in WW2, Anti-communist rebel, Participant in antifascist resistance, Radio Free Europe and 5 more categories

8. 9. – 1. 11. 1944 - The battle of the Dukla Pass, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 10. 7. 1946 – Agreement on Volhynian Czechs option with the USSR, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland and 1 more anniversaries

Jiří Tomáš in the 1960s

Jiří Tomáš

* 1944

Journalist, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity

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

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