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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

Bohumil Obdržálek in 1984

Bohumil Obdržálek

* 1947

Political prisoner, Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Milan Ohnisko ca 1982

Milan Ohnisko

* 1965

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 24. 4. 1978 – Formation of Committee for the Defence of the Unjustly Prosecuted, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Otmar Oliva

Otmar Oliva

* 1952

Dissident, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Relative of a political prisoner, Anti-communist rebel, Boy Scouts and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 5. 7. 1985 Pilgrimage to Velehrad, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jorge Olivera Castillo

Jorge Olivera Castillo

* 1961

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

Black Spring of Cuba 2003, Cuba after 1959

Josef Olšanský during recording, 2025

Josef Olšanský

* 1951

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Anti-communist rebel, Charter 77 signatory and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77

Jiří Olt in 1978

Jiří Olt

* 1955

Dissident, Charter 77 signatory, Art and censorship, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

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

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