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At the Heart of Benešov Awards Ceremony, 2024

Bachelor Anna Fassatiová

* 1958

Art and censorship, A cultural celebrity, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Jan Fechtner as a deck-hand in 1961

Jan Fechtner

* 1946

Internační tábor Svatobořice u Kyjova, Déclassé, Political prisoner in the 1950‘s (ČSR), Relative of a political prisoner, Nobility and 3 more categories

15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 14. 3. 1953 – Klement Gottwald’s death, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 1 more anniversaries

Photo from the graduating class at the Pedagogical Secondary School

Mgr. Aleš Fetters

* 1933 †︎ 2025

Boy Scouts, Life along the Iron Curtain

30. 5. 1945 – 29. 10. 1946 - Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, 22. – 29. 4. 1956 – 2nd Congress of Czech Writers, 26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 28. 1. 1977 - The “Anti-Charter”

Jana Fischerová, Hřebečná, 1951

Jana Fischerová

* 1941

Victim of forced relocation, Déclassé, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Prisoner of War/ P.O.W, Wehrmacht soldier and 1 more categories

1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 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, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops and 3 more anniversaries

Marie Fišerová

Mgr. Marie Fišerová

* 1938 †︎ 2018

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

1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial

As a young man

Jiří Fisher

* 1947

Anti-communist rebel, Emigrant, A 1948 – 1989 emigrant/refugee, Journalist, Radio Free Europe and 1 more categories

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

Fojtíček Ctibor

Ctibor Fojtíček

* 1938

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

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

Libor Foltman (standing in the centre of the middle row) at a summer racing event on plastic in Liberec. 1970 World Champion from the High Tatras Ladislav Rygl is bottom right, 1969

Libor Foltman

* 1948

The Sportsmen, 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

Klára Formanová, 1980s.

Mgr. Klára Formanová

* 1965

Relative of a political prisoner, Art and censorship, Life along the Iron Curtain

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

Elen Fraňková during filming, 2024

Helena Fraňková

* 1941

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

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

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