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Wedding photo of Magda Čtvrtníková

Mgr. Magda Čtvrtníková

* 1949

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity, Art and censorship

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. 1939 – Closure of Czech universities

Period photography of Vladimír Czumalo, 1982

PhDr. Vladimír Czumalo , CSc.

* 1954 †︎ 2024

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

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

Jaroslav Dobiáš as director of Czechoslovak Television Brno at a press conference in 1990

PhDr. Jaroslav Dobiáš

* 1949

Historian, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Lumír Dokoupil (en)

professor PhDr., CSc. Lumír Dokoupil

* 1935

Historian, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Scientist, University professor

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, The liberation of the city of Ostrava, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jaroslav Douša in 1964

PhDr. Jaroslav Douša

* 1949

Historian, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Detail of a photograph from a private forbidden board (1974)

PhDr. Jiří Dvořák

* 1955

Historian, People helping Jews during WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, University professor, Life along the Iron Curtain

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Tomáš Fedorovič, 2022

PhDr. Tomáš Fedorovič

* 1976

Theresienstadt Ghetto, Historian, Holocaust, Scientist

8. - 9. března 1944 - Hromadná vražda vězňů tzv. Terezínského rodinného táb, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Jiří Filip during the filming

Jiří Filip

* 1986

Historian

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Witness at the military service in 1962

Dr. Ing. Stanislav Gawlik

* 1941

Poland, Historian, Politician, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

2. 10. 1938 - Poland's annexation of Teschen area, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, Výjimečný stav v Polsku

Jiřina Gímešová, 18 years old

Mgr. Jiřina Gímešová

* 1932 †︎ 2023

French Foreign Legion, Historian, Communist official, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Victim of forced relocation and 6 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia and 7 more anniversaries

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