Illegal border crossing

Jan Lachman as a graduant in 1977

Dr. Jan Lachman

* 1962

Representative of the Church, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical

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

Miroslav Lebduška in the theatre performance Cyrano of Bergerac, 1960

Miroslav Lebduška

* 1944

Sokol, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Illegal border crossing

19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation

Elena Letňanová during a concert in the American city of Dayton (1989)

Elena Letňanová

* 1942

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Relatives of important personalities, Writer, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 16. 1. 1969 – Jan Palach´s self-immolation , 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral and 2 more anniversaries

Alexander Levitsky (the 1980s)

Alexander Levitsky Ph.D.

* 1947

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Czech community in the US, University professor and 1 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

18-years-old František Lízna, high-school graduation, city of Jevíčko

František Lízna

* 1941 †︎ 2021

Dissident, Representative of the Church, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 6 more categories

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Children in Nýrsko after the war (Johann with the hatchet)

Johann Löffelmann

* 1939

Illegal border crossing, National minorities, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Germany

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia

Karin Macháčková, Děčín, 1961

Karin Macháčková

* 1943

Germany, Illegal border crossing, Communist official, Déclassé, Industrial settler in border region in 60' and 1 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 7.10.1949 - Creation of the German Democratic Republic and 5 more anniversaries

Jan Malášek in 2022

Jan Malášek

* 1945

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Witness of local events from the Communist era

1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975 - Vietnam War, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Mališka (left), 1950

František Mališka

* 1935

Illegal border crossing, A communist interrogator, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII and 1 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1951 - creation of the restricted border area along the Czechoslovakian border with Western Germany and Austria, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

02.JPG (historic)

Aldo Mantovani

* 1922

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Illegal border crossing, Italy

3.9.1942 - 2.2.1943 Battle of Stalingrad

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