Life along the Iron Curtain | Memory of Nations

Karel Petrlík with aunt Kateřina Jungová, 1956

Karel Petrlík

* 1949

Relative of a political prisoner, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Markéta Šonková, 1960s

Markéta Šonková

* 1936

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Emma Srncová in her youth

Emma Srncová

* 1942

Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

Robert Adensam in 2025

Robert Adensam

* 1937

Border Guards, Life along the Iron Curtain, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

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

Marwan Alsolaiman at Strahov Colleges in Prague, 1986/1987

Ing. Bachelor Marwan Alsolaiman

* 1962

Foreigner living in Czechoslovakia before the year 1989, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, National minorities, Writer and 4 more categories

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain

As a young woman

Marie Antošová

* 1932

National minorities, Relatives of important personalities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Underage political prisoners, Victim of forced relocation and 5 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou

Lumír Aschenbrenner in 1976

Ing. Lumír Aschenbrenner

* 1960

Politician, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, Artists, 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

Witness Miluše Babjaková during eyd recording in 2023

Miluše Babjaková

* 1941

Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 4 more anniversaries

portrait

Hubert Babor

* 1943

Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Memory of vanished settlements, Life along the Iron Curtain

1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou, 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

Jiří Barteček at the end of 1970s

Jiří Barteček

* 1954

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Border Guards, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

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