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Corporal Jiří Tretera, ca. 1963, Litoměřice

Professor JUDr. Jiří Rajmund Tretera

* 1940

Member of an Illegal Church, Representative of the Church, Friars, Scientist, Historian and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague and 1 more anniversaries

High school graduation photo, 1958

Ladislav Vilímek

* 1940

Historian, A cultural celebrity, Representative of the Church, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis, 9. - 10. 11. 1938 Crystal Night and 8 more anniversaries

František Vlk in 1962

František Vlk

* 1946

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sokol

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 12 November 1989 - Canonization of Agnes of Bohemia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Arnošt Vošahlík, 1952

Arnošt Vošahlík

* 1946

Historian, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 9 May 1945 - 11 May 1945 Battle of Milin, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Arif Yunus in 2022

Arif Yunus

* 1955

Human Rights Defender, Historian, Azerbaijan, Dissident

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Leyla as a candidate for the Social Democratic Party to the Parliament of Azerbaijan, September 1990

Leyla Yunus

* 1955

Human Rights Defender, Azerbaijan, Dissident, Historian

Perestroika, First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Pavel Žáček, 1990

PhDr., PhD. Pavel Žáček

* 1969

Historian, Journalist, Politician, Writer, The Student activist during the Velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

PhDr. Zdeněk Zahradník

* 1955

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

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

Čeněk Zapletal in the graduation photo at the grammar school in Uherské Hradiště in 1966

PhDr. Čeněk Zapletal

* 1946

Member of Orel, Historian, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Participant in antifascist resistance, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 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

Jaromír Zemina on the graduation photo

PhDr. Jaromír Zemina

* 1930

Historian, Writer, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, A cultural celebrity

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, The Khrushchev Thaw 1953 – 1964

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