Life along the Iron Curtain | Memory of Nations

Jitka Chytráčková, then Náprstková, in theatre costume, Turnov, 1960

Jitka Chytráčková

* 1946

A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Illegal border crossing, Failed attempt if illegal border crossing , Relatives of important personalities, Royal Air Force and 2 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 13. 8. – 31. 10. 1940 - The Battle of Britain, 18. - 21. 8. 1969 – mass demonstrations against Soviet occupation and 8 more anniversaries

Marie Čiháková, 2023

Marie Čiháková

* 1953

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

Karel Cudlín

Doc. Karel Cudlín

* 1960

Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 9.11.1989 - The fall of the Berlin Wall, 1990 - 1991 - Odsun sovětských vojsk z Československa

Hana Cuřínová on her 75th birthday (2009)

Mgr. Hana Cuřínová

* 1934

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

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Period photography of Vladimír Czumalo, 1982

PhDr. Vladimír Czumalo , CSc.

* 1954 †︎ 2024

Historian, New citizen of Sudetenland after 1945, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Art and censorship, University professor and 1 more categories

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

Marie Damborská

* 1927

Member of Orel, Illegal border crossing, Victims of church persecution in 1948-1989, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 1 more categories

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 5 more anniversaries

Mr. Debnár's wife

Ján Debnár

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Border Guards, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 6 more anniversaries

Jan Dittrich with his younger brother Dan, 14 April 1951

Jan Dittrich

* 1943

Non-Catholic clerical, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 11. 12. 1949 – The “Čihošť Miracle”, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Helena Divoká, the 1950s

Helena Divoká

* 1934

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Sudeten Germans, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Farmer and 1 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia and 4 more anniversaries

Alena Dixon, née Trčková, graduation photo, 1976

Mgr. Alena Dixon

* 1957

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

9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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