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Martin Šmíd in 2023

RNDr., PhD Martin Šmíd

* 1970

The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída

Jana Weinerová Šmídová in 1968

Jana Šmídová

* 1949

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Journalist, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Jiřina Somsiová

Jiřina Somsiová

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Gypsies / Roma, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

Daniela Spenser, 1966

Daniela Spenser Ph.D.

* 1948

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Historian, Holocaust and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Ondřej Šteffl, 1976

RNDr., CSc. Ondřej Šteffl

* 1954

Relative of a political prisoner, Life along the Iron Curtain, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Charles Ticho, late 1930s

Charles Ticho

* 1927 †︎ 2022

Holocaust, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Refugee, United States of America, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

Eva Turner

* 1948

Emigrant, Relatives of important personalities, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

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

Egon Wiener in 1978

Egon Wiener

* 1947

Communist official, National minorities, Israel/Palestine, Relative of a political prisoner, Writer and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Witz playing the guitar as a Modus group member, around 1978

Ing. Karel Witz

* 1947

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Michael Žantovský in 2022

Michael Žantovský

* 1949

Diplomat, Journalist, Writer, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, A cultural celebrity and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 18 December 2011 Václav Havel died

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