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Jan Drábek

* 1935

Lawyer in the 50`s, Diplomat, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, People helping Jews during WWII and 8 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich and 2 more anniversaries

In Mariánské Lázně, 1947

Jana Drahokoupilová

* 1938

Journalist, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

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Iva Drápalová

* 1925 †︎ 2016

Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Journalist

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Vladimír Dundr, 2025

Vladimír Dundr

* 1959

Environmentalist, Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, The underground

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Libor Dvořák in 2023

Mgr. Libor Dvořák

* 1948

Journalist, Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Witness of local events from the Communist era

17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helen Epstein in 2025

Helen Epstein

* 1947

Descendant of a Holocaust survivor, Journalist

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

Tomáš Etzler, 1971, Ostrava

Tomáš Etzler

* 1963

Journalist

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

Fabinger Jiří – 1st half of the 60s, author Stanislav Tereba

Jiří Fabinger

* 1930

Journalist, Sokol, The Sportsmen

5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 19. 6. – 23. 6. 1948 – The Sokol Gathering, 14. 2. 1945 - Bombing of Prague

Petr Feldstein in his childhood (1940s-50s)

PhDr. Petr Feldstein

* 1943

Journalist, Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Radio Free Europe

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

The wedding of Alena and Martin Fendrych on 6 October 1980

Martin Fendrych

* 1957

Dissident, Journalist, Politician, The underground

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. 1989 - Demonstration at Národní třída, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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