Dissident

Communism

1979

David Němec

* 1961

Dissident, Relative of a political prisoner, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground and 2 more categories

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jaromír Němec in the 1960s

Jaromír Němec

* 1935 †︎ 2023

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

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Karel Němec, filming for Memory of Nations, July 2021

Karel Němec

* 1949

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 22. 8. 1968 – Extraordinary congress (the “Vysočany Congress”) of KSČ, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period and 2 more anniversaries

Ondřej Němec in 1978

Ondřej Němec

* 1960

Anti-communist rebel, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Relative of a political prisoner and 3 more categories

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, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial and 2 more anniversaries

Miroslav Němejc, 1976

Miroslav Němejc

* 1962

Dissident, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

Neradova in 1945

Květoslava Neradová roz. Pánková

* 1933 †︎ 2016

Dissident, A cultural celebrity, People helping Jews during WWII, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Journalist

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 5 more anniversaries

Jana Novotná's high school graduation photograph, latter 1950s

Jana Novotná

* 1943

Diplomat, Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Witness of local events from the Communist era

1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Prague Palach Week, Petr Novotný, January 1989 (P. Hrabalík archive)

Petr Novotný

* 1966

Dissident, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground

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

Róbert Novotný

Róbert Novotný

* 1963

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Anti-communist rebel

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Tomás Núñez Magdariaga (en)

Tomás Núñez Magdariaga

* 1952

Cuba, Dissident, Cuban Dissident, Cuban Political Prisoner, Hunger Striker in Cuba and 2 more categories

Cuba after 1959, Special Period in Cuba

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