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Jefim Fištejn

Mgr. Jefim Fištejn

* 1946

Dissident, Emigrant, Journalist, Radio Free Europe, Charter 77 signatory

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

Pavol Foltýn in 2022

Pavol Foltýn

* 1952

Emigrant, Holocaust, Israel/Palestine, Participant in the Slovak national uprising, Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp

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

Colonel Jaromír Foretník

* 1914 †︎ 2006

Veteran of WW2, western front, French Foreign Legion, Emigrant, Royal Air Force, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

Karel Fořt

* 1921 †︎ 2014

Representative of the Church, Emigrant, Boy Scouts, Forced labour during the WW2, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”

Pavla Glazarová Fröhlich during the shooting

Pavla Fröhlichová-Glazarová

* 1952

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Relatives of important personalities, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp, Descendant of a Holocaust survivor

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Miroslav Froyda, 1954

Miroslav Froyda

* 1933 †︎ 2022

Agent of the western secret services (cold war), Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, A communist prosecutor, A communist interrogator and 6 more categories

20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 21. 6. 1949 – Execution of General Heliodor Píka, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria and 2 more anniversaries

Jiřina Fuchsová´s photo from Secret police files

Jiřina Fuchsová

* 1943

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Writer, A cultural celebrity

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring

Zdeňka Fučíková in 1953

Zdeňka Simone Fučíková

* 1930

France, Emigrant, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1940 - The Battle of France, 6. 6. 1944 - Overlord, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

Stephen Gaertner upon arrival in California, 1966

Stephen Gaertner

* 1929 †︎ 2022

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Czech community in the US, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Enrique García Díaz

Enrique García Díaz

* 1958

Cuba, Diplomat, Dissident, Emigrant, Cuban Dissident and 2 more categories

Cuba after 1959

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