Life along the Iron Curtain | Memory of Nations

During the shooting of the experimental film The Hound of the Baskervilles, directed by Jaroslav Formánek, 1980s

Dušan Leitgeb

* 1957

Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Boy Scouts, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

1968 - 1970 - Second renewal of Junák, 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

High jumper Viliam Lendel with his wife Marta - sprinter

Mgr. Viliam Lendel

* 1940

National minorities, GDR - outgoing passengers, The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 3 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jan Leníček in Rájec, 1985

Ing. Jan Leníček

* 1945

Environmentalist, Scientist, Life along the Iron Curtain

31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 2 more anniversaries

Verner Lička, 1971

Verner Lička

* 1954

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

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia and 1 more anniversaries

Childhood

Adolf Lisý

* 1949

Boy Scouts, 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, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Jan Lorman

Jan Lorman

* 1946

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 25. 1. 1969 Jan Palach´s funeral

Petr Loubal as a high school student, graduation photograph, 1951

Petr Loubal

* 1932 †︎ 2025

Emigrant, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, Czech community in the US and 3 more categories

21 September 1937 - Funeral of President Masaryk, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1940 - The Battle of France, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 1 more anniversaries

Jan Loučím, 1968

Ing. Jan Loučím

* 1949

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

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 19. – 21. 11. 1968 – The three-day student strike and other displays of civil r, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Jiří Louvar in front of his birth house, 1977

Jiří Louvar

* 1958

New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Forced labour during the WW2, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 21. – 28.3.1969 – Disorders related to the celebration of Czech hockey team’s, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26.8. 1980 Solidarity strike in Wroclaw

Jiří Löwy in the army, just before his return to civilian life

Jiří Löwy

* 1957

Representative of the Church, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Relatives of important personalities, Witness of local events from the Communist era, A cultural celebrity and 2 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, Death marches 1944-1945, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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