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Witness during election period

Ing. Vladimír Laštůvka

* 1943 †︎ 2018

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Politician

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Monika Le Fay, roz. Elšíková

* 1968

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Miriam Leiva

Miriam Leiva

* 1947

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Journalist, Cuban Independent Journalist and 2 more categories

Black Spring of Cuba 2003, Cuba after 1959, Cuba after the Death of Fidel Castro, Cuba before 1959, Dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba and 2 more anniversaries

Marta Lihotská (50´s)

Marta Lihotská, rod. Kobelová

* 1933

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Dissident, Forced Labour Camps (1948 - 1954), Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989 and 3 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners and 3 more anniversaries

Librado Ricardo Linares García

Librado Ricardo Linares García

* 1960

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Political Prisoner, Political prisoner

Black Spring of Cuba 2003, Cuba after 1959

Milan Linhart, 1980s

Milan Linhart

* 1953

Dissident, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, Palach Week, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Linhart in 2020

Vladimír Linhart

* 1962

Dissident, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory, The underground

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

Eva Linhartová in 2024

Eva Linhartová

* 1963

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

The witness Linn Thant - a photo of that time

Linn Thant လင် အထက်

* 1969

Burma/Myanmar, Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner

Jan Litomisky, 80'

Ing. Jan Litomiský

* 1943

Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Dissident, Politician, Farmer

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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