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Jaroslav Musial in 1949

JUDr. Jaroslav Musial

* 1921 †︎ 2017

Participant in antifascist resistance, Political prisoner in WW2, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), A cultural celebrity, Forced labour during the WW2 and 3 more categories

20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Charlie Soukup's mill, Alsace

Richard Julius Nemčok

* 1954

Dissident, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner after 1968 in Czechoslovakia and 5 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 1. 1. 1977 - Declaration of Chart 77, Výjimečný stav v Polsku and 2 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Neumann, 1985

Jaroslav Neumann

* 1948

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Nocar Ladislav around 1948

Ladislav Nocar

* 1929 †︎ 2016

Anti-communist rebel, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Boy Scouts, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 1945 - 1948 - First renewal of Junák, 1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 1989 - Third renewal of Junák and 2 more anniversaries

P. Vojtěch Novák in 1973

MUDr. Mag. theol. P. Vojtěch Novák

* 1958

Clergymen, Illegal border crossing, Catholic clerical, Relative of a political prisoner

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age

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

Jan Obrman, 27 years old

Jan Obrman

* 1961

Supporter of Czechoslovak dissent from a western country, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing and 2 more categories

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

Alena Olšanská, Děčín, 1971

Mgr. Alena Olšanská

* 1943

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Sokol and 2 more categories

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 5 more anniversaries

Paul Ort during an expedition in the Amazon, 1962

MUDr. Professor, MUDr. Paul Ort

* 1936

Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Illegal border crossing, Political prisoner in WW2 and 7 more categories

24. 10. 1942 - poprava 261 československých odbojářů v KT Mauthausen, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

Adolf Pachlatko as a child (1945)

Adolf Pachlatko

* 1938

Illegal border crossing, Memory of vanished settlements, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Life along the Iron Curtain, Austria

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 1950 - creation of the buffer zone between Czechoslovakia and Western Germany and Austria, 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, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

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